GALLIA ROMANA

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Ville	Toulouse (Haute-Garonne, 31)
Subject(s)	Capitol

Author(s)	Zinzerling, Just
	Dutch scholar (1590-1618)
Resource type	Printed book
Date	1616
Inscription
References	Zinzerling 1616, ed. cit. 1627, p. 141
Bibliography	Bernard 1859, pp. 1-14 ; 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 (5^th century). The 'Capitol' is probably the temple of the forum, the foundations of the podium which were found under the 'Place Esquirol' in 1998. It is possible that the vestiges evoked by Zinzerling were those of the 'Château Narbonnais' and the 'Porte Narbonnaise' destroyed in the middle of the 16^th century. Zinzerling stayed in France from 1612 to 1616

Transcription « A Romanis decoratam Amphitheatro & Capitolio, honore, quà posterius præter Tolosam, Narbonem, Carthaginem novam, nulli vrbium indulto. Illius vestigia adhuc exstant : de hoc dubitatur anno sit arx illa rotunda, quæ conspicitur prope locum, Inquisitiones vocabulo appellatum. » = “Rome was embellished with an amphitheatre and a capitol, honour which was subsequently accorded to only Toulouse, Narbonne and Carthage. The remains [of the capitol] still exist: at least, this is what the round building that can be seen near the place known as the 'Inquisition' is believed to be.”