Burdigala
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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Last modified
Sep 27, 2024 10:18 PM
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History
Burdigala (modern Bordeaux) was a Celtic center of the Bituriges Vivisci. The Romans lost a battle at the site in 107 BC, with consul Lucius Cassius Longinus being killed in the action. Rome eventually controlled the area ca. 60 BC.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/138248
44.837205, -0.576533
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 11859 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Bordeaux (modern)
- Βουρδίγαλα (Bourdigala: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Burdigala (30 BC - AD 640)
- Burdigalenses (30 BC - AD 640)
- Burdigala connection Ab Asturica Burdigalam (unspecified date range)
- Burdigala capital of Aquitania II (province) (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Burdigala part of (administrative) Bituriges Vivisci (30 BC - AD 300)
- Burdigala connection Untitled (unspecified date range)
- Burdigala located on Untitled (unspecified date range)
- Burdigala connection Via Aquitania (unspecified date range)
- Roman amphitheater at Burdigala located at Burdigala (unspecified date range)
settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 14 E4 Burdigala
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Bordeaux
H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Burdigala: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/138248> [accessed: 24 March 2025]
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