Un mausolée circulaire en contexte suburbain à Narbonne/Narbo Martius (Aude) by Olivier Ginouvez, Sandy Gualandi

“…Thus, this discovery in Narbonne provides new data on circular mausoleums, which are still rare in Roman Gaul.…”
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La stips des Alpes à la Méditerranée : interpréter la présence des monnaies dans les sanctuaires d’époque romaine by Raphaël Golosetti

“…BC onwards for southern Gaul (Correns, Var), from at least La Tène C2 in the Alps (Grand-Saint-Bernard, Hautes-Alpes), with the exception of stipes in water, which could be characterized as late and Roman. …”
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Les boutiques dans les colonies de Lyon et de Vienne entre le i er s. av. et le iii e s. apr. J.-C. by Marine Lépée

“…Parallels from other provinces of Roman Gaul and Italy will broaden the discussion.…”
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Banquets et rites collectifs au ve s. av. J.-C. au sein de l’habitat de la Monédière à Bessan (Hérault) : caractérisation et signification d’une fosse hors norme et des dépôts asso... by Alexandre Beylier, Éric Gailledrat, Anne-Marie Curé, Cécile Dubosse, Luke Howarth, Ariadna Nieto Espinet

“…This excavation brought to light an unparalleled excavated structure in Gaul or the north-western Mediterranean region. This exceptionally large pit was used for the deposition of an important assemblage of artefacts between 475 and 420 BC, corresponding to the final phases of the settlement. …”
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La nécropole de Vannes/Darioritum : données inédites sur les pratiques funéraires armoricaines dans un secteur occupé du ier au ive s. apr. J.-C. by Annaïg Le Martret, Marie Grall, Vanessa Brunet

“…It sheds new light on ancient funerary practices in western Gaul, and in particular on the practices associated with cremation, since an extremely rare cremation site was discovered in the excavation area. …”
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Reims antique, acquis et perspectives by Magalie Cavé, Philippe Rollet, Régis Bontrond

“…The reorganization of the Empire begun under Diocletian resulted in the transfer of the provincial capital of Gaul-Belgium to Trier. It continued under the reign of Constantine with a new division of the provinces: Reims became the capital of Belgica Secunda and subsequently became a dependent of Trier, the imperial prefecture and seat of the diocese of Gaul. …”
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Un aménagement de berge antique sur l’Auron, pour la villa de Lazenay à Bourges (Cher) by Alain Ferdière, Emmanuel Marot

“…However, this riverbank development and the monumentalisation that it provides to this riverside villa also highlight the significant commercial role of the city of Bourges –the port on the Yèvre river according to the etymology of Avaricum–, in the centre of Gaul, the main boundary between the eastern and the western part of Gaul. the Yèvre river, of which the Auron river is a tributary, provides a connection with the Cher river and a connection between the Rhône-Saône axis and the lower Loire valley by avoiding the long detour of the Loire bend passing through Orléans/Cenabum.…”
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Découverte d’une tuile estampillée de la fin du ier s. av. J.-C. à Bibracte (mont Beuvray, Saône-et-Loire) by Florent Delencre, Quentin Verriez, Chiara Martini-Picot

“…This stamped tile bears the most ancient mark found on a building material on the Aeduan territory and testifies of the incorporation of Roman practices at a decisive moment in the history of Gaul. Indeed, this stamp raises the question of the subsequent diffusion of this norm throughout Gaul and it can be compared to contemporary productions in the Italian peninsula. …”
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A Terracotta Mold Discovered in Chartres (France, Eure-et-Loir) with Original Iconography for Apollo by Loïc Androuin, David Wavelet

“…In this note, we introduce a mold for a terracotta figurine that represents the god Apollo, whose iconography is unprecedented in the products of central Gaul.…”
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Les Reliades au Puy-en-Velay (Haute-Loire) : un édicule funéraire en matériaux périssables du début du iie s. apr. J.-C. by Bertrand Bonaventure, Marie-Josée Ancel

“…More generally, it attests to wooden funerary architecture, which is still rarely documented in Gaul.…”
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Le coq médiéval by Michel Pastoureau

“…Its ambivalent symbolism oscillates between, on one side, its generosity and courage, on the other one, its loftiness and its lustful character. An attribute of Gaul, then of the kings of France from the reign of Charles VII (1422-1461), the cock represents the Nation from the reign of Louis XIV, and its image is evoked then regularly in every conflict. …”
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Cologne, oppidum des Ubiens : l’urbanisme augustéen by Alfred Schäfer

“…The Roman army probably played an important part in the rise of this provincial centre, located in a fertile area, well-linked to the rest of Gaul by the major roads of the Augustan network. …”
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Toulouse/Tolosa, cité des Tolosates et Auch/Elimberris, cité des Ausques : des centres de pouvoir indigènes aux capitales romaines by Philippe Gardes

“…Recent archaeological research permits us to investigate the circumstances of the birth of two civitas-capitals in south-western Gaul: Toulouse and Auch. These towns succeeded an indigenous centre of power, which was in both cases abandoned after having started on a course of some kind of urban acculturation after the Conquest. …”
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Mausolée, sarcophage et scène de sacrifice dans une ferme antique à Pommiers, près d’Anse (Rhône) by Jean-Claude Béal, Damien Tourgon

“…The relief shows a sacrificial scene in the Roman tradition, unrelated to the usual images of sacrifice in Gaul. It can be dated to the first decades of the 2nd century. …”
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Gallo-Roman Terracottas at the Musée archéologique de l’Oise by Adrien Bossard

“…This exhibition Figures de la terre (fig. 1), which runs until November 2015, is the result of a collaboration with 11 French museums and presents in total more than 100 objects that explore the typological variety and the aesthetic character of the Gallo-Roman figurines of northern Gaul. Included in the exhibition is Marchande de statuettes à Pompéi,1 a 19th-century painting by the neo-classical painter Henry-Pierre Picou that effectively illustrates a commercial context for Roman figurines.…”
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Vanesia (Saint-Jean-Poutge, Gers) : une mutatio aquitaine de l’Itinéraire de Bordeaux à Jérusalem by Fabien Colleoni

“…To end with, the article highlights the existence of an architectural model that has rarely been evidenced by archaeology to date, but that was undeniably present in Gaul, in Aquitaine as well as in Narbonne and Belgium.…”
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Le mausolée turriforme d’une villa près de Carcassonne/Carcasso (Aude) by Richard Pellé

“…Owing to its chronology, it constitutes a category of monument with an underground funeral chamber, which seems to be rare in Gaul or in the western part of the Empire and remains exceptional for this important time of the change of era.…”
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La maison de la Harpiste et son décor à Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône) : nouvelles données sur l’occupation tardo-républicaine d’Arelate by Marie-Pierre Rothé, Julien Boislève, Sébastien Barberan

“…Since 2013 the excavations carried out on the site of La Verrerie, situated on the right bank of the river Rhône, completely changed the issue concerning the urban plan and about the transition from the Protohistoric town to the Roman ruled colony set up in 46 or 45 BC, but also the question raised by the import of Italic know-how in Gaul, detected through the plan, architecture and decoration of a house dated to the first half of the 1st c. …”
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Architecture antique entre âge du Fer et époque impériale en Provence : les piliers du site de Château-Bas à Vernègues by Sandrine Agusta-Boularot, Raphaël Golosetti

“…The architectural study of the fragments and comparison with other sculptural elements from southern Gaul suggest they date approximately to the turn of the millenium. …”
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Des éléments de charronnerie gallo-romaine à Châteaumeillant (Cher) by Alicia Torrado Alonso

“…Their identification is highly interesting for the study of transport techniques during the Roman period, especially in Gaul where such a concentration remains unprecedented.…”
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