Rodez is a city of more than two millennia: its existence dates back to the 5th century BC, when a Celtic tribe of Central Europe, the Ruteni, stopped in the south of Auvergne to found one of these characteristic oppida of the Gallic civilization, that of Segodunum.
Many elements of heritage bear witness to the Romanisation of Segodunum.

While Christianity spread in the wake of the evangelising activity of Saint Amans, the city witnessed and at times suffered during, the less stable times that following the fall of the Roman Empire.
Rodez is a city of more than two millennia: its existence dates back to the 5th century BC, when a Celtic tribe of Central Europe, the Ruteni, stopped in the south of Auvergne to found one of these characteristic oppida of the Gallic civilization, that of Segodunum. Many elements of heritage bear witness to the Romanisation of Segodunum.
While Christianity spread in the wake of the evangelising activity of Saint Amans, the city witnessed and at times suffered during, the less stable times that following the fall of the Roman Empire.
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