RIGODULUM
RIGODULUM a place on the Mosella (
Mosel), “protected either by mountains or the river.” (Tacitus,
Tac. Hist. 4.71.)
In the war with Civilis this place was occupied by Valentinus with a large force of Treviri. Civilis, who was at
Mainz, marched to Rigodulum in three days (tertiis castris) and stormed the place. On the following day he reached Colonia Trevirorum (
Trier).
It is supposed that Rigodulum may be
Reol on the
Mosel. Lipsius assumes Rigodulum to be
Rigol near Confluentes (
Coblenz), but that is impossible. Ammianus Marcellinus (
16.6) places Rigodulum near Confluentes, but his authority is small; and there may be some corruption in the text.
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