page_title: Lugdunum
hierarchical_section_title: Lugdunum
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Maquette de Lugdunum, conçue selon les propositions archéologiques d'Amable Audin (1899-1990). Exposée au Musée gallo-romain de Fourvière jusqu'en 2015 English: Scale model of roman city of Lugdunum, according to Amable Audin's archeologic theories. Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon-Fourvière Nederlands: Het oude Lugdunum - Gallo-Romeins museum van Fourvière
context_page_description: Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum was an important Roman city in Gaul, established on the current site of Lyon. The city was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus. It served as the capital of the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis and was an important city in the western half of the Roman Empire for centuries. Two emperors, Claudius and Caracalla, were born in Lugdunum. In the period AD 69–192 the city's population may have numbered 50,000 to 100,000, and possibly up to 200,000 inhabitants.
  The original Roman city was situated west of the confluence of the Rhône and Saône, on the Fourvière heights. By the late centuries of the empire much of the population was located in the Saône River valley at the foot of Fourvière.
context_section_description: Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum (modern Lyon, France) was an important Roman city in Gaul,  established on the current site of Lyon. The city was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus. It served as the capital of the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis and was an important city in the western half of the Roman Empire for centuries. Two emperors, Claudius and Caracalla, were born in Lugdunum. In the period  AD 69–192 the city's population may have numbered 50,000 to 100,000, and possibly up to 200,000 inhabitants.
  The original Roman city was situated west of the confluence of the Rhône and Saône, on the Fourvière heights. By the late centuries of the empire much of the population was located in the Saône River valley at the foot of Fourvière.
caption: Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum
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