Cenabum

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Cenabum was an important ancient Gallic city and trading center of the Carnutes, located on the Loire River where the modern French city of Orléans now stands.

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Cenabum canonical 7

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gallic settlement ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
approximateLocationCoordinates 47.9°N 1.9°E ⓘ
archaeologicalStatus partly buried under modern Orléans ⓘ
attestedBy Julius Caesar ⓘ
attestedInSource Commentarii de Bello Gallico ⓘ
linked to: Gallic Wars
connectedTo Burdigala ⓘ
Lugdunum ⓘ
Narbo Martius ⓘ
countryInAntiquity Roman Gaul ⓘ
linked to: Gaul
destroyedBy Julius Caesar ⓘ
destroyedDuring Gallic Wars ⓘ
destroyedInYear 52 BC ⓘ
economicActivity river transport services ⓘ
trade in agricultural products ⓘ
function river port ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
historicalEvent destruction by Julius Caesar in 52 BC ⓘ
massacre of Roman merchants by the Carnutes ⓘ
inhabitedBy Carnutes ⓘ
knownFor commerce on the Loire River ⓘ
grain trade ⓘ
languageSpoken Gaulish ⓘ
laterLanguageSpoken Latin ⓘ
locatedIn territory of the Carnutes ⓘ
locatedInAncientRegion Gaul ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Orléans ⓘ
locatedInPresentDayCountry France ⓘ
locatedInRegion Centre-Val de Loire ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Loire River ⓘ
linked to: Loire
modernName Orléans ⓘ
partOf Carnutes territory ⓘ
partOfTradeNetwork Atlantic–Mediterranean trade routes ⓘ
Loire River trade routes ⓘ
politicalStatusAfterConquest Romanized town ⓘ
predecessorOf medieval city of Orléans ⓘ
regionRelativeToParis southwest of Paris ⓘ
religionPracticed Celtic polytheism ⓘ
riverRole Loire River crossing point ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Loire River crossing ⓘ
link between northern and southern Gaul ⓘ
successorSettlement Aurelianum ⓘ
Orléans ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
Roman Republic era ⓘ
urbanType oppidum ⓘ

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