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Autun (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 46 57 18 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.9549 decimal degrees |
Long: 004 18 01 E degrees minutes |
Long: 4.3004 decimal degrees |
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Note: Residence of the Roman prefects of Gaul and an important center of learning in Roman times; sacked by Tetricus in 269 CE; destroyed during Germanic invasions; restored in the 9th century; was burned by English during the Hundred Years' War in 1379. |
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Autun (preferred,C,V)
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Aedna (H,O)
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Aedua (H,O)
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Aeduorum civitas (H,O)
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Aequorum civitas (H,O)
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Augusta Francorum (H,O)
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Augustodunum (H,O)
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Eduense palatium (H,O)
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Hedua (H,O)
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Autun (inhabited place) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Autun (inhabited place) |
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Gaul (historical region) (P) |
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Autun (inhabited place) (P,H) |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by the emperor Augustus |
town (C) |
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commune (administrative) (C) |
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archaeological site (C) |
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political center (H) |
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educational center (H) |
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