Gergovia (Extinct city)
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Name (Hebrew)
גרגוביה (עיר קדומה)
Name (Latin)
Gergovia (Extinct city)
Other forms of name
Gergobia (Extinct city)
Gergovia Arvernorum (Extinct city)
Gergovie (Extinct city)
Gergovie des Arvernes (Extinct city)
Coordinates
E0030800 E0030800 N0454300 N0454300 (geonet )
See Also From tracing topical name
Extinct cities France
See Also From tracing place name
France
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q55950714
Library of congress:
sh 00007569
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Texier, Y. La question de Gergovie, 1999:p. 7 (Gergovie des Arvernes; Gergouiae Aruernorum; town besieged by Caesar; location of site a disputed question: south of Clermond-Ferrand, on plateau traditionally called de Gergovie, or north of Clermond-Ferrand, on plateau known under name of Côtes de Clermont) p. 11-12, etc. (Gergobia; was identified with Gergoia, Gergoye, Gergoie, Gergouie; Gergovia)
- Harper's dict. classic. lit., 1965(Gergovia; fortified town of the Arverni in Gaul, on high and inaccessible hill, west or southwest of the Elaver (Allier), probably in the neighbourhood of modern Clermont)
- Princeton encyc. classic. sites, 1976(Gergovia or Gergobia; commune of La Rouche-Blanche, Puy-de-Dôme, France)
- Grant, M. A guide to the ancient world, 1986(Gergovia (Gergovie); in central southern Gaul (Puy-de-Dôme, France), on plateau overlooking valley of the river Elaver (Allier) settlement of tribe of the Arverni; small Gallo-Roman town continued to exist at Gergovia until after middle of 1st cent. A.D.)
- GEOnet names server, April 12, 2000(Gergovie, Plateau de: PLAT 45⁰43ʹ00ʺN, 3⁰07ʹ00ʺ; cross-reference from Gergovia; Gergovie: PPL 45⁰43ʹ00ʺN, 3⁰08ʹ00ʺE)