GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Bordeaux (Gironde, 33)
Subject(s) Pillars of Tutela
 
Author(s) Pontanus, Isaac
  Dutch scholar (1571-1639)
Resource type Printed book
Date 1606
Inscription
References Pontanus 1606, Append., I, p. 92
Bibliography Étienne 1962, pp. 187-191 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 32, 104
Remarks

Built in the 3rd century and originally comprising 84 Corinthian columns, the edifice was demolished in 1677

Transcription 

« Porròque quod Vivisci nominis Capitolinas ædes eodem loci ostendi injecimus, accipiendum de ipsâ Burdegalâ […]. Et visitur hodieque in area ibidem Capitolina ejus modi, nec aliis præterita Inscriptio :
AVGVSTO SACRVM ET GENIO CIVITATIS BIT. VIV. »