🏛️ Lugdunum-Rodumna
Roman settlement ruins in the Rhône Valley
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near Roanne in the Loire department, central France
- Occupied from the 1st to 3rd centuries CE during Roman rule
- Archaeological site with visible foundations and scattered artifacts
- Part of the broader Roman network connecting Lugdunum (Lyon) southward
Lugdunum-Rodumna was a minor Roman settlement positioned along communication routes in the Rhône Valley during the Imperial period. The site exhibits remains consistent with a way station or modest trading post that served regional commerce and administrative functions. Excavation and survey work has documented the settlement's layout and material culture spanning roughly two centuries of occupation ...