GALLIA ROMANA
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Ville | Wissant (Pas-de-Calais, 62) |
Subject(s) | Roman terrace |
Author(s) | Peiresc, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de |
Magistrate and antiquarian from Aix (1580-1637) | |
Resource type | Drawing (pen and ink) |
Date | 1620 |
Inscription | By Peiresc :« M.r MACHAVLT 1620 » / « antique »
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References | Paris, BnF, ms. fr. 9530, f. 103 |
Bibliography | Gassendi 1641 ; DLF XVIIe siècle, pp. 979-980 ; Delmaire 1994, p. 63 ; Lemerle 2002-1, pp. 287-302 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 219 |
Remarks | This Roman terrace has been identified as the remains of the site of 'Portus Itius', from whence Caesar set sail on his expedition to Brittany. The port was probably on the estuary of the Liane River |
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