Pommiers oppidum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Aug 21, 2025 02:00 PM
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History
The archaeologically attested oppidum at modern Moulin à Vent in the French commune of Pommiers is probably to be identified with the Noviodunum mentioned by Caesar. The oppidum was occupied from the late La Tène period through the early Roman.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/109216
49.3980206167, 3.28198851847
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location: Center point of the oppidum (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 4 meters.
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- Less than certain: Noviodunum (Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)
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- Moulin à Vent (French, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Pommiers (French, modern)
- None
- Augusta Suessionum succeeds Pommiers oppidum (unspecified date range)
settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 11 D3 Noviodunum?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Pommiers
J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Pommiers oppidum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/109216> [accessed: 09 February 2026]
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