Lugdunum (fra)

Lugdunum

Lugdunum ranks 2,554th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Jefferson City, Missouri, Novo Mesto, and Wales. Memorable people born in Lugdunum include Claudius, Caracalla, and Sidonius Apollinaris. Memorable people who died in Lugdunum include Gratian, Irenaeus, and Clodius Albinus. Lugdunum has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Lugdunum is located in France.

Lugdunum was an important Roman city in Gaul, established on the current site of Lyon. The Roman city was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus, but continued an existing Gallic settlement with a likely population of several thousands. 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 69–192 AD, the city's population may have numbered 50,000 to 100,000, and possibly up to 200,000 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia