GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Saint-Mihiel (Meuse, 55) |
| Subject(s) | Oppidum |
| Author(s) | Chastillon, Claude (after) |
| Topographer and military engineer (1559/60-1616) | |
| Resource type | Woodcut, 8,5 x 18,9 cm. |
| Date | Before 1616 (drawing)/ before 1641 (engraving) |
| Inscription | « CAMP DES ROMAINS » / « PAR C. CHASTILLON » |
| References | Chastillon 1641, ed. cit. 1655, [pl. 187] |
| Bibliography | Dumoulin 1930 ; Weigert 1951, t. 2, pp. 307-381 ; Herme-Renault 1981, pp. 141-163 ; Pastoureau/Lestringant 1984, p. 110 ; Ravaux 1998 ; Buisseret 2000, pp. 69-73 ; Mourot 2001, pp. 495-496 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 77-79 |
| Remarks | Engraving after a drawing by Chastillon, earliest known documentation of the oppidum known as 'Camp de César' or 'Camp Romain' which controlled the meandering Meuse River by way of an earth rampart preceded by a ditch. The order of the engravings varies according to the edition |
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