Aqueduct? supplying Augustodurum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: P. Galliou Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: P. Galliou Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 29, 2025 09:44 AM
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History
In the 19th century, A. de Caumont hypothesized an aqueduct to supply Augustodurum from the south (i.e., from the modern communes of Juaye-Mondaye and Monceaux-en-Bessin). This idea was repeated in TIR Condate whence BAtlas, but more recently it has been called into question.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/70218
49.22736455, -0.68786825
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Uncertain: OSM Location: modern Monceaux-en-Bessin (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Uncertain: OSM Location: modern Juaye-Mondaye (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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aqueduct, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 7 F2
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: S Augustodurum
P. Galliou, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Aqueduct? supplying Augustodurum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/70218> [accessed: 22 April 2025]
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