GALLIA ROMANA

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Of Gallo-Roman antiquities (15^th-17^th centuries)

Ville	Narbonne (Aude, 11)
Subject(s)	Miscellanea

Author(s)	Platter, Thomas II
	Physician from Basel, younger brother of Felix Platter (1574-1628)
Resource type	Manuscript
Date	1599
Inscription
References	Platter A λ V, f. 272= Keiser 1968, p. 314
Bibliography	Keiser 1968 ; Gayraud 1981 ; Le Roy Ladurie 1995 ; Le Roy Ladurie 2000 ; Dellong 2003 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 28-30, 84
Remarks	In order to finish Narbonne's ramparts, started under Louis XIII, François I had the subsisting Roman remains, which mostly came from the Gallo-Roman necroplis, collected up and used as building material

Transcription « Die statt ist vast in die vierung gebauwen, mitt einer alten, vesten, dicken ringmauren umbgeben, darinnen auberthalb viel schöne (antiquiteten) alte sachen eingemauret gesehen werden. » = “The town is vast, built on a crossroads and surrounded by high, strong and thick city walls; from outside the town, one can see many fine old things (antiquities) which have been incorporated into these walls.”