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LUGDUNUM

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(anc. geog.), the capital of the Sequani in Gallia Celtica, situated at the confluence of the Arar and Rhodanus, on an eminence, as the Celtic term dune signifies; built by Manutius Plancus under Augustus, while commanding in that part of Gaul; and whither he led a colony. Now Lyons, capital of the Lyonois.

LUGDUNUM Batavorum (anc. geog.), a town of the Batavi in Gallia Belgica. Now Leyden in Holland.

LUGDUNUM Converarum (anc. geog.), a town of Gaul in Aquitain, at the foot of the Pyrenees. Now S. Bertrand, in Gascogne.