Aginnum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Aginnum (modern Agen) was the capital of the Nitiobriges in Gaul.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/138169
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- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 11213 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Aginnum capital of Nitiobroges/Nitiobriges (unspecified date range)
- Gallo-Roman Amphitheater of Agen located at Aginnum (unspecified date range)
settlement, theatre, theater
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 14 F4 Aginnum
- Baumont 1991 12-29
- Colleoni 2021
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 461,7
- ItMiller 121, 107
- Mérimée PA00084290: Amphithéâtre gallo-romain
- PECS (Perseus) AGINNUM (Agen) Lot-et-Garonne, France
- RE Agennum (M. Ihm)
- RE Aginnum (Johann Baptis Keune)
- ToposText Aginnum/Nitiobriges (Gallia)
- Villes 9-11
- Wikipedia (English) Agen
- See Also:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 14 F4 Aginnum
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Agen
H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Aginnum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/138169> [accessed: 22 July 2026]
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