GALLIA ROMANA

Database of texts and images
Of Gallo-Roman antiquities (15th-17th centuries)

Notice

Ville Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13)
Subject(s) Temple situated on the Forum
 
Author(s) Anonymous French writer (16th century)
 
Resource type Manuscript
Date Late 16th century
Inscription
References Anonymous Nicolay 242, p. 3
Bibliography

Constans 1921, pp. 254-262 ; Gros 1991, p. 37 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 90 ; Rothé/Heijmans 2008, pp. 358-359

Remarks

The remains described are those of the temple dedicated to the imperial cult. The anonymous author's text was copied in 1776 by the abbot L. Bonnemant from the original version conserved in the cabinet of M. Nicolay

Transcription 

« videntur quoque propè ecclesiam sancti luciani nobiles et elegantes Reliquias cujusdam antiqui palatii, cum suis columnis, ad similitudinem ejus quod adhuc Nemausi integrum conservatum est, domus quadrata dictum ; cujûs maxima pars intrà vicinam domum latet, quæ amplum et magnificum fuisse illud ædificium curiosis testatur ».