LITANOBRIGA
LITANOBRIGA in Gallia, is placed by the Antonine Itin. between Caesaromagus (
Beauvais) and Augustomagus, which D'Anville supposes to be
Senlis. According to his reading, the Itin. makes it xviii. Gallie leagues from Caesaromagus to Litanobriga, and iiii. from Litanobriga to Augustomagus. Walckenaer (
Géog. &c., vol. iii. p. 55) makes the first distance xvi., and the second iiii.; and he places Caesaromagus at
Verberie, near the river
Autone. The Table mentions no place between Caesaromagus and Augustomagus, but it makes the whole distance xxii. We may assume that Litanobriga was situated at a ford or bridge over a river, and this river is the
Oise. D'Anville first thought that Litanobriga might be
Pont-Sainte-Maxence, for a Roman road from
Beauvais, called
Brunehaut, passes by
Clermont, and joins a road from
Pont-Sainte-Maxence. But the numbers in the Itins. fall short of the distance between
Beauvais and
Senlis; and accordingly
[p. 2.198]D'Anville gave up
Pont-Sainte-Maxence, and fixed Litanobriga at
Creil on the
Oise, and along this line the distances of the Table agree pretty well with the real distances. Walckenaer fixes Litanobriga at
Pont-Sainte-Maxence. The solution of this difficulty depends on the position of Augustomagus; or if we are content with the evidence for fixing Litanobriga at
Pont Sainte-Maxence, we cannot place Augustomagus at
Senlis. [
AUGUSTOMAGUS]
[
G.L]
