Topographie, urbanisme et gestion des réseaux d’eau à Autun/Augustodunum (Saône-et-Loire) : une nouvelle image de la capitale de cité

The recent researches shed a new light on Augustodunum, Ædui’s chief-town, thanks to a comparison between topographic, urbanistic and hydraulic data. We could identify more than 234 structures linked to water management. Although two aqueducts (Montjeu and Montdru) had already been studied in detail...

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Main Author: Laetitia Borau
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Language:English
Published: CNRS Éditions 2015-12-01
Series:Gallia
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/gallia/752
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description The recent researches shed a new light on Augustodunum, Ædui’s chief-town, thanks to a comparison between topographic, urbanistic and hydraulic data. We could identify more than 234 structures linked to water management. Although two aqueducts (Montjeu and Montdru) had already been studied in detail thanks to on-site operations, the novelty of this research lies in the exhaustive analysis of the inner town. This work highlights, for the first time in its context, the town’s water supply system, unknown until now, which consists in wood or lead pipes, the importance of urban amenities, especially private fountains, and the density of the sewer system which takes nearly half of the corpus. This thorough study of Augustodunum, where natural water resources were plentiful, proves the importance of urban equipment devices linked to water in a Roman town of northern Gaul.
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spelling doaj-art-8b1c4c3e8c144c18af7479935fd994342025-02-05T15:47:57ZengCNRS ÉditionsGallia0016-41192109-95882015-12-0172214320310.4000/gallia.752Topographie, urbanisme et gestion des réseaux d’eau à Autun/Augustodunum (Saône-et-Loire) : une nouvelle image de la capitale de citéLaetitia BorauThe recent researches shed a new light on Augustodunum, Ædui’s chief-town, thanks to a comparison between topographic, urbanistic and hydraulic data. We could identify more than 234 structures linked to water management. Although two aqueducts (Montjeu and Montdru) had already been studied in detail thanks to on-site operations, the novelty of this research lies in the exhaustive analysis of the inner town. This work highlights, for the first time in its context, the town’s water supply system, unknown until now, which consists in wood or lead pipes, the importance of urban amenities, especially private fountains, and the density of the sewer system which takes nearly half of the corpus. This thorough study of Augustodunum, where natural water resources were plentiful, proves the importance of urban equipment devices linked to water in a Roman town of northern Gaul.https://journals.openedition.org/gallia/752
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Topographie, urbanisme et gestion des réseaux d’eau à Autun/Augustodunum (Saône-et-Loire) : une nouvelle image de la capitale de cité
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title Topographie, urbanisme et gestion des réseaux d’eau à Autun/Augustodunum (Saône-et-Loire) : une nouvelle image de la capitale de cité
title_full Topographie, urbanisme et gestion des réseaux d’eau à Autun/Augustodunum (Saône-et-Loire) : une nouvelle image de la capitale de cité
title_fullStr Topographie, urbanisme et gestion des réseaux d’eau à Autun/Augustodunum (Saône-et-Loire) : une nouvelle image de la capitale de cité
title_full_unstemmed Topographie, urbanisme et gestion des réseaux d’eau à Autun/Augustodunum (Saône-et-Loire) : une nouvelle image de la capitale de cité
title_short Topographie, urbanisme et gestion des réseaux d’eau à Autun/Augustodunum (Saône-et-Loire) : une nouvelle image de la capitale de cité
title_sort topographie urbanisme et gestion des reseaux d eau a autun augustodunum saone et loire une nouvelle image de la capitale de cite
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