Augusta Ambianorum

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Last modified Jul 25, 2016 07:31 PM — History

Romanized Name(s):
Augusta Ambianorum

Name as attested:

Augusta Ambianorum

Language:
Latin

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC) (confident)
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)
Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640) (confident)
Mediaeval/Byzantine (AD 641-AD 1453) (confident)

References:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 11 B2 [Augusta] Ambianorum

Details:

Johan Åhlfeldt says:

Mar 18, 2012 05:07 PM

This name is attested during the 7th century AD. See PECS article and the article I refer to under the archaeological site. The name of the city is attested as Briga.