GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Nîmes (Gard, 30) |
| Subject(s) | Amphitheatre |
| Author(s) | Quadt, Matthias |
| German geographer and engraver (1557/58-1613) | |
| Resource type | Printed book |
| Date | 1603 |
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| References | Quadt 1603, p. 35 |
| Bibliography | Fiches/Veyrac 1996, pp. 336-350 ; Gros 1996, pp. 335-336 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 85-86 ; Lemerle 2013-2 |
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Transcription
« est Amphitheatrum, quod sua exteriori parte, tam integrum est, quam quod Veronæ visitur sua interiore, pristinumque decus integritate præ cæteris Europæ retinet, nec infultus Gothorum, cursus Saracenorum, ignes Attilæ, Caroli Martelli, dum cum Gothis belligaretur ruinæ, hoc miraculum demoliri potuerunt : negari tamen non potest, sedes, quæ in eius circuitu erant, nunc, aut alio asportatas, aut à primis locis remotas : Caveas & subterranea loca, esse oppleta terra »… |
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