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Introduction The settlement The fortress |
A settlement in Yverdon-les-Bains, at the south end of the Lac de Neuchâtel, was a continuation of a Celtic settlement. It preserved its Celtic name: Eburodunum. On the Tabula Peutingeriana we read Eburoduno, and the name is documented in inscriptions. One is a dedication to the otherwise unknown goddess Drucoria. It was made by "her Demeceni", perhaps members of a clan.
DEAE DRVCORIAE
DEMECENI EIVS
QVI EB(u)RODVNI
CONSISTVNTTo the goddess Drucoria,
her folks of Demecenus,
who in Eburodunum
have established themselves.Limestone tabula ansata, found in 2007. W. 0.90, h. 0.58, d. 0.15.
Kolb et al. 2022, nr. 104. Photo: EDCS-52300851.The second and third inscription are on bases of statues. One was erected for a mayor (duumvir) of Aventicum (Colonia Helvetiorum; Avenches VD). He had also been honoured in Aventicum, with a hall and statues. The other was erected for a woman who is also documented in Aventicum and near Orbe (VD).
C(aio) FLAVIO CAMILL[o]
IIVIR(o) COL(oniae) HEL(vetiorum) FLAMINI
AVGVSTI
QVEM ORDO PATRONVM
CIVITATIS COOPTAVIT EIQ(ue)
OB MERITA EIVS ERGA REM
PVBLICAM SCHOLAM ET
STATVAS DECREVIT
VIKANI
EBVRODVNENSES
AMICO ET PATRONOFor Caius Flavius Camillus,
mayor of the colony of the Helvetii, priest
of the Emperor,
whom the city council as patron
of the city elected and for whom,
because of his services to the
community, a hall and
statues it decided (to build),
the villagers
of Eburodunum (erected this statue),
for their friend and patron.Marble base of a statue, found in 1825. W. 0.77, h. 1.04, d. 0.60.
Kolb et al. 2022, nr. 116. Photo: EDCS-10800466.
IVLIAE C(ai) IVLI CAMIL
LI FILIAE FESTILLAE
FLAMINICAE PRIMAE AVG(ustae) VICINAE
OPTIMAE OB EGREGIA
EIVS MERITA
VIKAN(i) EBVRODVN(enses)For Iulia, daughter of Caius Iulius
Camillus, Festilla,
first priestess of the Empress, best
neighbour, because of her
outstanding merits,
the villagers of Eburodunum.Limestone base of a statue, found in 1825. W. 0.87, h. 1.02, d. 0.73.
Kolb et al. 2022, nr. 117. Photo: EDCS-10800467.In Lyon (France) a gilded silver statuette of Apollo-Helios was found that had been dedicated by skippers, raftsmen, from Eburodunum.
NVM(ini) AVG(usti) RAT(iarii)
EBVROD(unenses) FRAT(res)To the divine power of the Emperor, the raftsmen
from Eburodunum, brothers.Gilded silver statuette of Apollo-Helios, found in 1992 in Lyon (France).
H. 0.275. EDCS-14800046. Photo: Baratte 1999, fig. 71a.Remains of a late-antique fortress were reused as building material from an early date. Extensive remains of baths could still be seen in 1821, but unfortunately they were demolished soon afterwards. Cemeteries were investigated in the 19th century. In the settlement excavations took place in the years 1903-1906 and after the Second World War.
Remains of baths as they appeared in 1821. Dictionnaire historique & biographique de la Suisse, volume 7, Neuchâtel 1933, 404.
Click on the image to enlarge. Plan of the excavated remains of the settlement and of the fortress. Hervé 2017, fig. 12.
Introduction
The settlement
The fortress
Literature
Rochat 1862; Wavre 1908; Revue historique vaudoise 18 (1910), 28-30; Bourgeois 1927; Van Berchem 1937; Kasser et al. 1969, 54-58; Weidmann-Kaenel 1974; Kasser 1975; Kasser 1978; Roth-Rubi 1980; Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte 66 (1983), 308; Curdy et al. 1984; Kaenel-Curdy 1985; Weidmann-Klausener 1985; Revue historique vaudoise 95 (1987), 142-147; Drack-Fellmann 1988, 562-565; Drack-Fellmann 1991, 292-294; Curdy et al. 1995; Baratte 1999; Steiner-Menna 2000; Reymond 2004; Kasser et al. 2005(1,2,3); Jahrbuch Archäologie Schweiz 90 (2007), 180-182; Brunetti-Weidmann 2008; Goffaux 2010; Brunetti-Menna 2011; Frei-Stolba - Luginbühl 2011; Meylan 2015; Hervé 2017; Lanthemann 2020.
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