Place details
Place nameAutun
Other namesAugustodunum, Aedua, Aedna, Aequorum civitas, Aeduorum civitas, Hedua, Eduense palatium, Augusta Francorum
CountryFrance
Latitude46.967
Longitude4.3
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Residence of the Roman prefects of Gaul and an important center of learning in Roman times; sacked by Tetricus in 269 CE; destroyed during Germanic invasions; restored in the 9th century; was burned by English during the Hundred Years' War in 1379.