Adsilanum

The original page for this article is in French [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adsilanum here] . Many of the links have no translation in the English Wikipedia, and so are linked back to the original French language versions.

Adsilanum, a lost Roman way station in the in the French region of Aubrac

History

Initially, Adsilanum was a way station on the Roman road between Narbonne, in North Gaul and Aquitane, ] during the Roman Empire, then later acted as a frontier post between Gallia Narbonensis(Braccata) and the free zone of Arvernes. During the uprising of Vercingetorix the goal was to prevent insurgent incursions into the pacified territories of Narbonensis, the after the defeat of Alesia, they were used as expeditionary posts to pursue and eliminate rebels.

Rediscovery

The 17th Century

All trace of the station was lost, then later rediscovered during the 17th Century, from analysis of the Tabula Peutingeriana, which although topographically incorrect, showed the positions of the Roman roads with great accuracy. Cartographers of the era overlayed the roads on more topographically accurate maps and included the place names, thus pointing later historians to the location of Adsilanum

The 19th Century

Analysis

The local Roman presence

External links

English Language

* [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/gazetteer/0015.html Antique Encyclopedia]

French Language

* [http://pedagogie.ac-toulouse.fr Toulouse Academy]
* [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ French National Library]
* [http://www.aurelle-verlac.com/stsaturn/stsaturn.htm Aubrac and L'Olt]
* [http://archeoceram.ifrance.com/archeoceram/contenu/gaul.htm The Gauls]