🏛️ Augustodunum-Pocrinium
Roman settlement ruins in central France
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Burgundy region, central France (46.48°N, 3.98°E)
- Period: 1st–3rd centuries CE
- Type: Gallo-Roman settlement and commercial site
- Current status: Archaeological site with limited visible remains
Augustodunum-Pocrinium was a minor Gallo-Roman settlement established in the 1st century CE in what is now the Burgundy region of France. The site lay along trade routes connecting larger centres such as Autun (Augustodunum) and served as a local market and administrative post. Archaeological investigations have uncovered pottery, coins, and structural foundations indicating occupation through the 3rd century, after which the settlement declined as Roman authority fragmented ...