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Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum (modern: Lyon, France) was an important Roman city in Gaul. The city was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus. 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 time period 69–192 AD the city population could be as large as 50,000 to 100,000. Even figures of up to 200,000 people are proposed by Albert Grenier.
The original Roman city was situated west of the confluence of the Rhône and Saône, on the Fourvière heights. By the late centuries of the empire much of the population was located in the Saône River valley at the foot of Fourvière.
Lugdunum is a classical Roman place name, most commonly referring to one of two places:
- Lugdunum, Gaul; now Lyon, France
- Lugdunum Batavorum, a castellum on the mouth of the Rhine river near Katwijk, Netherlands
Other places:
- Lugdunum Convenarum, now Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, France
- Lugdunum Clavatum, now Laon, France
- Lugdunum Consoranorum, now Saint-Lizier, France
Lugdunum may also refer to:
- Lugdunum Server, a server software for the EDonkey network