IBLIODURUM
IBLIODURUM in Gallia Belgica, is placed by the Antonine Itin. on the road between Virodunum (
Verdun) and Divodurum (
Metz).
The termination (
durum) implies that it is on a stream.
The whole distance in the Itin. between
Verdun and
Metz is 23 Gallic leagues, or 34 1/2 M. P., which is less than even the direct distance between
Verdun and
Metz. There is, therefore, an error in the numbers in the Itin. somewhere between Virodunum and Divodurum, which D'Anville corrects in his usual way.
The site of Ibliodurum is supposed to be on the
Iron, at a place about two leagues above its junction with the
Orne, a branch of the
Mosel, and on the line of an old road.
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G.L]