GALLIA ROMANA

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

Notice

Ville Toulouse (Haute-Garonne, 31)
Subject(s) Capitol
 
Author(s) Bertrand, Nicolas
  Historian and lawyer attached to the parliament of Toulouse (14..?-15..?)
Resource type Printed book
Date 1515
Inscription
References Bertrand 1515, f. 20
Bibliography

DLF XVIe siècle, p. 141 ; Labrousse 1968, pp. 417-429 ; Arramond/Boudartchouk 2002, pp. 220-229 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 100

Remarks

The existence of a temple dedicated to the Roman triad, Jupiter, Juno and Minerva is attested by St Saturnin's Passion (5th century). The 'Capitol' is probably the temple of the forum, the foundations of the podium which were found under the 'Place Esquirol' in 1998

Transcription 

« a summa arce capitolii (que turris est vetustiisima tunc inter castrum narbonen et domum vicarii regii Tholose) »…