EBUROMAGUS
(Bram) Gallia Narbonensis, Aude,
France.
The village was a vicus located at the
crossroads of the Roman road from Narbonne (Narbo)
to Toulouse (Tolosa) and of a road from the Montagne
Noire to the Ariège. It already existed in the 2d c. B.C.,
and must be assimilated to the Cobiomagus referred to
by Cicero (
Font. 9.19). Thus, it was one of the stops
where the Italian wines bound for Toulouse paid a tax
in 76-74. The most abundant finds are tombs, coins,
and amphorae. Aerial photography, however, has revealed the existence of a checkerboard plan under the
circular structure of the mediaeval village. Furthermore, an inscription indicates that the magistri vici
built, with their own money, a theater which was associated with a Sanctuary of Apollo. As yet, however,
this monument has not been found.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
J. Soyer, “Un village à structure double:
Bram,”
Photo-Interprétation, no. 6 (1963) fasc. 7, 8
P;
M. Passelac, “Le vicus Eburomagus. Eléments de topographie. Documents arch.,”
Rev, arch. de Narbonnaise
3 (1970)
PI; M. Gayraud, “L'inscription de Bram (Aude)
et les toponymes Eburomagus, Hebromagus, Cobiomagus en Gaule méridionale,”
Rev.
arch.
de Narbonnaise 3 (1970)
M.
M. GAYRAUD
