Andematunnum

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

ANDEMATUNNUM the chief town of the Lingones, is not mentioned by Caesar. The name occurs in the Antonine Itinerary, and in the Peutinger Table; and in Ptolemaeus (2.9.19) under the form Ἀνδομάτουνον.According to the Antonine Itin. a road led from this place to Tullum ( Toul). In the passage of Eutropius (Eutrop. 9.23) circa Lingonasmeans a city, which was also named civitas Lingonum;and if this is Andematunnum, the site is that of the modern town of Langres, on a hill in the department of Haute Marne, and near the source of the Marne(Matrona). Langrescontains the remains of two triumphal arches, one erected in honour of the emperor Probus, and the other in honour of Constantius Chlorus. The inscription said to be found at Langres, which would show it to have been a Roman colony, is declared by Valesius to be spurious. In old French Langreswas called Langoneor Langoinne. [G.L]