Autun (France)

Broader Places
Saône-et-Loire (France) (1), Burgundy (France) (1), Gallia Lugdunensis (Gaul) (821)

Place Type  inhabited place
Other Place Types
town, commune (administrative), archaeological site, political center, educational center

Alternative Terms
Augustodunum; Aedua; Aedna; Aequorum civitas; Aeduorum civitas; Hedua; Eduense palatium; Augusta Francorum

Latitude  46.967
Longitude  4.300

Residence of the Roman prefects of Gaul and an important center of learning in Roman times; sacked by Tetricus in 269 CE; destroyed during Germanic invasions; restored in the 9th century; was burned by English during the Hundred Years' War in 1379.

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