CAZÈRES
Haute-Garonne, France.
The district of Saint-Cizy corresponds to the ancient center of
Aquae Siccae, which was located on the Roman road
from Toulouse to Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges and
Dax. Recent excavations uncovered a funerary pit of
Flavian date, 11.5 m deep and almost 150 cubic m in
volume; a necropolis of the Late Empire, first pagan,
then Christian; and, in 1971, a baptistery, no doubt adjacent to a Christian basilica.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
G. Manière, “L'appelation antique du
vicus de Saint-Cizy dans la commune de Cazères:
Aquae
Siccae ou
Aquis Siccis,”
Rev. de Comminges 75 (1962)
161-65; id., “La voie romaine dans la commune de
Cazères,” ibid. 77 (1964) 1-6; id., “Un puits funéraire de la fin du I
er siècle aux
Aquae Siccae (Cazères, Haute-Garonne),”
Gallia 24 (1966) 103-59; id., “La nécropole de basse époque du Bantayré,”
Pallas 13 (1966) 175-91.
M. LABROUSSE
