Burgundy: The Splendid Duchy. Stories and Sketches in South Burgundy

CHAPTER II

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THE ROMAN CITY

A Suffering Cow--Temple of Janus--The Aedui--Druids--Divitiacus and Dumnorix--Vercingetorix--The Founding of Augustodunum--Pierre de Couhard--Francis I. at Couhard--The Plan of Augustodunum--Temple of Janus--Restoration--Origin of the Name--Roman Gates--Porte d'Arroux--Porte St. André--Date of Construction--Porte des Marbres--Vagaries of Peasant guides 11