Augustoritum

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Augustoritum was the ancient Roman city that later became modern-day Limoges in central France.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Augustonemetum 2
Augustoritum canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman settlement in Gaul ⓘ
ancient Roman city ⓘ
archaeologicalRemains amphitheatre remains in Limoges ⓘ
remains of Roman bridge ⓘ
remains of baths ⓘ
remains of houses ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Limoges city center ⓘ
linked to: Limoges
connectedTo Burdigala ⓘ
Lemonum ⓘ
Lugdunum ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
crossedBy Vienne River ⓘ
declinedInCentury Late Antiquity ⓘ
developedInCentury 1st century AD ⓘ
foundedInCentury 1st century BC ⓘ
function administrative center ⓘ
civic center ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ
hasFeature orthogonal street grid ⓘ
public monuments ⓘ
river crossing ⓘ
hasInfrastructure Roman bridge over the Vienne ⓘ
amphitheatre ⓘ
aqueducts ⓘ
forum ⓘ
public baths ⓘ
road network ⓘ
temples ⓘ
hasNameEtymology possibly derived from emperor Augustus ⓘ
suffix -ritum indicating ford or crossing ⓘ
languageUsed Latin ⓘ
laterChristianization Late Roman period ⓘ
locatedIn Roman province of Aquitania ⓘ
central France ⓘ
modern-day city of Limoges ⓘ
locatedOn important crossing of the Vienne River ⓘ
modernLocation Haute-Vienne department ⓘ
Limoges ⓘ
Nouvelle-Aquitaine region ⓘ
linked to: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
partOf Roman road network in Gaul ⓘ
predecessorOf Limoges ⓘ
presentIn Gallo-Roman archaeological record of France ⓘ
regionInAntiquity Aquitania ⓘ
religion Roman polytheism ⓘ
timePeriod Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
urbanType planned Roman town ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Limoges → romanName → Augustoritum ⓘ
Gallia Aquitania → capital → Augustonemetum ⓘ
linked to: Augustoritum
Gallia Aquitania → containsCity → Augustonemetum ⓘ
linked to: Augustoritum