🏛️ Ouindinon Subdinnum-Caesarodunum
Gallo-Roman settlement remains in northwestern France
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Near Alençon, Orne department, Normandy, France
- Period: Late Iron Age through Roman occupation (1st–3rd centuries CE)
- Archaeological significance: Gallo-Roman vicus with pottery production evidence
- Current status: Open-air archaeological site with interpretive markers
Ouindinon Subdinnum-Caesarodunum represents a Gallo-Roman settlement that emerged during the late Iron Age and flourished under Roman administration. The site reflects the cultural synthesis characteristic of Roman-occupied Gaul, with material evidence suggesting domestic occupation, craft production, and trade networks spanning the 1st to 3rd centuries CE. Located in the Orne region of Normandy, the settlement occupied a position of modest strategic and economic importance within the ...