Vesontio

settlement · 330 BC – 2100 AD

Vesontion (modern Besançon) is first mentioned by Caesar in his commentaries ca. 58 BC. It is situated on a tributary of the Saône river.

Coordinates

47.23724, 6.02792

Also known as

Besançon (akk), Vesontine (la), Vesontine (la)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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