🏛️ Excisum-Aginnum
Roman settlement remains in southwestern France
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Near Agen, Lot-et-Garonne département, Aquitaine region
- Period: Roman occupation, 1st–3rd centuries CE
- Type: Civitas (urban settlement) and port town on the Garonne River
- Modern status: Archaeological site with limited visible remains above ground
Excisum-Aginnum was a Roman settlement established in the 1st century CE along the Garonne River in what is now southwestern France. The site functioned as a commercial and administrative center during the Roman occupation of Aquitania, benefiting from river trade routes that connected the interior to the Atlantic coast. Today, the archaeological remains lie largely beneath modern Agen and its surroundings, with excavations ongoing at intervals ...