NîmesNîmes is the prefecture of the Garddepartment in the Occitanieregion of Southern France. Located between the and the Cévennes mountain range, the estimated population of the commune of Nîmes stood at 148,561 in 2019. Dubbed "the most Roman city outside Italy", Nîmes has a rich history dating back to the Roman Empire when the city's population was estimated at approximately 50,000–60,000.
Terra sigillataTerra sigillata is a term with at least three distinct meanings: as a description of medieval medicinal earth; in archaeology, as a general term for some of the fine red ancient Roman pottery with glossy surface slips made in specific areas of the Roman Empire; and more recently, as a description of a contemporary studio pottery technique supposedly inspired by ancient pottery.
Silvanus (mythology)Silvanus (; meaning "of the woods" in Latin) was a Romantutelary deity of woods and uncultivated lands. As protector of the forest (sylvestris deus), he especially presided over plantations and delighted in trees growing wild. He is also described as a god watching over the fields and husbandmen, protecting in particular the boundaries of fields. The similarly named Etruscan deity Selvans may be a borrowing of Silvanus, or not even related in origin.
Gallia BelgicaGallia Belgica ("Belgic Gaul") was a province of the Roman Empire located in the north-eastern part of Roman Gaul, in what is today primarily northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, along with parts of the Netherlands and Germany. Before the Roman province came into existence in about 50 BC, the region was conquered by Julius Caesar during his Gallic Wars.
Bernhard MaierBernhard Maier (born 1963 in Oberkirch, Baden) is a German professor of religious studies, who publishes mainly on Celtic culture and religion. Maier studied comparative religion, comparative linguistics, Celtic and Semitic studies at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, University of Aberystwyth, the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and University of London.
Roman BritainBritain under Roman rule (43 AD – c. 410 AD)Today part ofUnited KingdomEnglandWalesScotlandMiranda Aldhouse-GreenMiranda Jane Aldhouse-Green, (née Aldhouse; born 24 July 1947) is a British archaeologist and academic, known for her research on the Iron Age and the Celts. She was Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University from 2006 to 2013. Until about 2000, she published as Miranda Green or Miranda J. Green.
Roman GaulRoman Gaul refers to Gaul under provincial rule in the Roman Empire from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD.
NantosueltaNantosuelta was an ancient Celtic goddess worshipped in Gaul, known from Gallo-Roman inscriptions and reliefs. She is most often shown as the consort of the hammer-god Sucellus, though she also appears on her own. Her characteristic emblem is a small house- or shrine-shaped object mounted on a long pole, frequently accompanied by a raven, and she is generally interpreted as a goddess of the home and of prosperity, with chthonic associations.
RhôneThe Rhône ( , French:; Occitan: Ròse; Arpitan: Rôno) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before discharging into the (Gulf of Lion). At Arles, near its mouth, the river divides into the Great Rhône (French: le Grand Rhône; Occitan: Grand Ròse) and the Little Rhône (le Petit Rhône; Pichon Ròse). The resulting delta forms the Camargue region.
SaôneThe Saône ( SOHN, French: [son]; Arpitan: Sona; Latin: Arar) is a river in eastern France (modern region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté). It is a right tributary of the Rhône, rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department and joining the Rhône in Lyon, at the southern end of the Presqu'île.
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