GALLIA ROMANA

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Of Gallo-Roman antiquities (15th-17th centuries)

Notice

Ville Béziers (Hérault, 34)
Subject(s) Roman tower
 
Author(s) Rulman, Anne de
  Protestant lawyer attached to the tribunal of Nîmes (1583-1639)
Resource type Manuscript
Date 1626-1628
Inscription
References Rulman 8649, f. 118v°
Bibliography Clavel 1970, pp. 251-252 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 62-63
Remarks

The identification of this tower is problematic. Rulman also made drawings of two towers which were part of the Roman city walls (Rulman 8648, ff. 149-150)

Transcription 

« A la maison de Barres bourgeois dans laquelle il y a une vieille tour romaine il y a quelques inscriptions. »