Nemausus

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: S. Loseby

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ingrid Luo, Ryan Horne

Last modified Nov 14, 2021 10:51 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

Nemausus (modern Nîmes, France) was the ancient capital of the Volcae Arecomici and later a Roman colony.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/148142

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
43.843117137, 4.35417077161

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of modern Nîmes (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Νεμαύσος (Nemausos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Nemausus (Latin, 550 BC - AD 640)
- Nîmes (modern)

Nemausus makes connections with:

Nemausus connection Volcae Arecomici (unspecified date range)

Nemausus receives connections from:

Arènes de Nîmes located at Nemausus (unspecified date range)
Canteduc Roman Quarry located at Nemausus (unspecified date range)
Maison Carrée located at Nemausus (30 BC - Present)
Nîmes aqueduct flows into Nemausus (unspecified date range)
Porte d'Auguste of Nemausus connection Nemausus (unspecified date range)
Porte de France, Nemausus connection Nemausus (unspecified date range)
Temple de Diane connection Nemausus (unspecified date range)
Tour Magne connection Nemausus (unspecified date range)

Place type:
urban area, settlement, settlement-modern, fort, tower (deprecated)

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Evidence:

See Further:

See Also:

RFO 171

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 15 C2 Nemausus

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Nîmes

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Suggested citation:
S. Loseby, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ingrid Luo, and Ryan Horne, 'Nemausus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/148142> [accessed: 18 June 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/148142 |title=Places: 148142 (Nemausus) |author=Loseby, S. |accessdate=June 18, 2025 11:40 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}