Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

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Burdigăla

The modern Bordeaux; the chief town of the Bituriges Vivisci, on the left bank of the Garumna (Garonne). Under the Empire it was a place of great commercial importance. Ausonius (q.v.), who was born there, describes it in his little poem entitled Ordo Nobilium Urbium. The only remaining Roman monument in the town is the amphitheatre locally known as the Arènes, or Palais Gallien. It is in a greatly damaged state.