🏛️ Cabilonum-Castrum Divionense
Roman military fort and civilian settlement in Burgundy
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Châlon-sur-Saône, Burgundy, France (47.127°N, 4.918°E)
- Period: 1st–3rd centuries CE
- Function: Roman military castrum and river port settlement
- Status: Archaeological remains; partially integrated into modern urban fabric
Cabilonum-Castrum Divionense was a significant Roman military installation and trading settlement established on the Saône River in the 1st century CE. The site served as both a strategic military castrum and a civilian port town, leveraging river access for commerce and military logistics across Roman Gaul. Substantial portions of the fort's defensive structures and settlement layers remain archaeologically documented beneath and adjacent to modern Châlon-sur-Saône ...