place
Lugdunum
also: Lyon
Roman colony at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône (modern Lyon), Claudius's birthplace; Hercules describes it grandly without naming it.
Reading notes
- The Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius §6 two rivers
The Rhône and Saône at their confluence — Lugdunum (Lyon), Claudius's birthplace, which Hercules describes grandly without naming.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §14.91.1 Lugdunum
Lugdunum (modern Lyon), a Roman colony in Gaul founded 43 BC and a leading provincial capital, here destroyed in a single night's fire.