Bust of Lucius Munatius Plancus.
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Bust of Lucius Munatius Plancus, founder of Lugdunum (Lyon) The bust has been said to show evidence of hemiplegia. Found in 1823 near the Jardin des Plantes and the amphitheatre of Lyon. On display at the Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon.
Detail map of Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Overview map of Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

A: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Roman Senator & Consul Lucius Manutius Plancus Founds the City of Lugdunum (Lyon)

43 BCE
Scale model of roman city of Lugdunum, according to Amable Audin's archeologic theories. Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon-Fourvière
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Scale model of roman city of Lugdunum, according to Amable Audin's archeologic theories. Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon-Fourvière

In 43 BCE Roman senator and consul Lucius Munatius Plancus founded Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum (now: Lyon, France). Lugdunum served as the capital of the Roman province Gallia Lugdunensis.  It was possibly the most important city in the Roman Empire west of Italy.

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