Une statue de togatus découverte dans l’agglomération antique de Briord (Ain) by Thomas Le Saint Quinio, Maria-Pia Darblade-Audoin

“…AD, was discovered, in proximity to a Roman road, during the archaeological survey of an urban district of Briord (Ain).This discovery sheds new light on the Roman centre of Briord, located between Lyon and Geneve, on the right bank of the river Rhône, and at the border of Vienne and the Allobroges civitas. Briord was not a well-known city, but the recent archaeological efforts revealed an important throughway functioning in Antiquity (1st-3rd c. …”
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Rome à la campagne : les décors en pierre de la villa de la Grande Boussue à Nouvelles (Mons, Belgique) by Catherine Coquelet, Roland Dreesen, Éric Goemaere, Éric Leblois, Marie-Thérèse Raepsaet-Charlier

“…This rural settlement was built in the Nervian civitas, 16 km away from Bavay. A Protohistoric occupation was followed in the first half of the 1st century AD by a settlement bordered by a great rectangular enclosure of almost two hectares. …”
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Une cave à amphores, une statue en pierre et une tête coupée de la fin de l’âge du Fer à Châteaumeillant (Cher) by Sophie Krausz, Caroline Millereux, Marion Bouchet, Fabienne Olmer

“…The oppidum of Châteaumeillant (Cher) belongs to the civitas of the Bituriges, whose boundaries correspond approximately to those of the current departments of Cher, Indre, and to which portions of Allier and Loir-et-Cher must be added. …”
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Pierre et carrières dans la Saintonge antique : identification, usages et diffusion by Jacques Gaillard, Egle Conforto

“…This article reviews archaeological and archaeometric research on stone and quarries of the Charente basin in southwestern France, a geographical area corresponding to the ancient civitas of the Santones. The study, which is ongoing and began over fifteen years ago, aims to identify the ancient quarries and to better understand the subsequent distribution of building stone. …”
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Villa d’époque romaine et habitat médiéval à Mont-Saint-Jean (Sarthe) : bilan des recherches 2008-2020 by Florian Sarreste, Paul-André Besombes, Phaedra Bouvet, Chloé Genies, Étienne Jaffrot, Florian Jedrusiak, Thomas Jubeau, Anthony Ledauphin, Annaïg Le Martret, Christophe Loiseau, Hugo Meunier, Aurore Noël, Sandrine Paradis-Grenouillet, Boris Robin

“…The project is ongoing and this report presents a mere summary of the main results, some of which remain provisional at this time.During the Early Roman Empire, the Roullée/La Selle site belonged to the city of Aulerci Cenomani, but was located a short distance from the border of the neighbouring civitas, belonging to the Aulerci Diablites. This area thus represents a boundary zone, located more than 15 km from any known settlement and in an area devoid of evidence attesting to other archaeological occupations. …”
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