🏛️ Ugernum-Aquae Sextiae
Dual Roman settlement in Provence, southern France
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Beaucaire, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
- Period: 1st century BCE to Late Antiquity
- Function: River port and military administrative centre
- Status: Mostly unexcavated, buried beneath modern town
Ugernum-Aquae Sextiae is a dual Roman settlement in Provence that developed as an integrated commercial and military centre along the Rhône River valley. The two towns—Ugernum, a river port and trading hub, and Aquae Sextiae, a military garrison and administrative seat—originated in the 1st century BCE and merged into a single settlement of regional importance during the Imperial period. As of 2026, the Roman site remains largely buried beneath the medieval town of Beaucaire, with visible ...