AD SILANUM
Lozère, France.
A statio in
the commune of Nasbinals, mentioned in the
Peutinger
Table. Situated in the great forest on the river Aubrac,
it is 18 Gallic leagues from Anderitum and 24 from Segodunum. Most scholars identify Ad Silanum with the
statio near the village of Puech Cremat, where the
Agrippan road from Lyon to Toulouse crosses the Fontanilles. The site forms a regular rectangle with the ancient
road running through it; substructures can be noted on
both sides inside the rectangle. Occupation seems to have
lasted from the 1st c. B.C. to the 5th c. A.D., with an apparent hiatus in the 3d c. Coins are most plentiful in the
1st and 2d c.
Among the objects found are a white-slip bowl with
painted decoration, and terra sigillata from La Graufesenque and Banassac. The bronze and iron articles are
badly damaged.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bull. soc. Lozère (1866) 227ff; (1867)
105-45; (1968) 85ff, 141ff; Prunières, “Notes sur quelques découvertes archéologiques faites dans les montagnes d'Aubrac,”
Revue d'Archéologie du Midi (1869-70);
Journal de l'Aveyron, 23 Sept. 1928; M. Balmelle,
Répertoire archéologique du Département de la Lozère (1937); Albengue,
Les Ruthénes (1948).
P. PEYRE
