Burdigala

settlement · 30 BC – 2100 AD

Burdigala (modern Bordeaux) was a Celtic center of the Bituriges Vivisci. The Romans lost a battle at the site in 107 BC, with consul Lucius Cassius Longinus being killed in the action. Rome eventually controlled the area ca. 60 BC.

Coordinates

44.83720, -0.57653

Also known as

Bordeaux, Bourdigala (grc), Burdigalenses, Βουρδίγαλα (grc), Бурдигала (ru), Бурдігала (uk), 부르디갈라 (ko)

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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