GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Dax (Landes, 40) |
| Subject(s) | Roman city walls |
| Author(s) | Vinet, Élie |
| Humanist and scholar from Bordeaux (1509-1587) | |
| Resource type | Printed book |
| Date | 1565 |
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| References | Vinet 1565, f. C 4v° |
| Bibliography | DLF XVIe siècle, pp. 1193-1194 ; Jullian 1901, pp. 214-219 ; Desgraves 1977 ; Boyrie-Fénié 1994, pp. 66-69 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 66, 107 |
| Remarks | Still in place in the mid 19th century, Dax's Roman city walls were constructed with small stone blocks interspersed with layers of brick. The foundations of the walls were built with materials recuperated from previous constructions |
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Transcription
« vous en trouverrés [des murailles antiques de matière et structure identiques à celles de Bordeaux] a Baionne, Acs, Saintes, Tours et Paris. » |
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