GALLIA ROMANA
Database of texts and images
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| Ville | Dax (Landes, 40) |
| Subject(s) | Roman city walls |
| Author(s) | Duchesne, André |
| Geographer and king's historiographer (1584-1640) | |
| Resource type | Printed book |
| Date | 1609 |
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| References | Duchesne 1609, ed. cit. 1614, III, p. 770 |
| Bibliography | Jullian 1901, pp. 214-219 ; DLF XVIIe siècle, pp. 408-409 ; Deschamps-Juif 1963 ; Boyrie-Fénié 1994, pp. 66-69 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 70, 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
« La Biscaye, où se voyent encore deux villes fort antiques, sçavoir est Acqs & Bayonne. Et quant à Acqs, elle est construtie en quarré, fortifiee, flanquée, & retranchée de fossez avecque autant d’avantage qu’aucune autre de France. » |
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