Nemausus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: S. Loseby
Creators: S. Loseby
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ingrid Luo, Ryan Horne
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jun 11, 2026 11:34 AM
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History
Nemausus (modern Nîmes, France) was the ancient capital of the Volcae Arecomici and later a Roman colony.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/148142
43.843115812, 4.35416941038
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of modern Nîmes (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Nemausus capital of Volcae Arecomici (unspecified date range)
- 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 located at Nemausus (unspecified date range)
- Porte de France, Nemausus located at Nemausus (unspecified date range)
- Temple de Diane located at Nemausus (unspecified date range)
- Tour Magne located at Nemausus (unspecified date range)
settlement (fortified), urban area, settlement, settlement-modern
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 15 C2 Nemausus
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Nîmes
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, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/148142> [accessed: 19 July 2026]
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