Lugdunum (museum)

Lugdunum, formerly known as the Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon-Fourvière (

Discovered in the Ainay district in 1806, this mosaic shows a circus during a chariot race, making it one of the few ancient representations of such a race (Lyon itself had a circus, the place of which has not been discovered).

Other Objects

• the Gallic Coligny calendar
• fragments of the decoration of the Altar of Rome and Augustus, from the
  federal sanctuary of the three Gauls
• the Lyon Tablet, a speech by Claudius
• large mosaics such as La mosaïque de Bacchus and the Mosaïque aux Svastikas (Swastikas Mosaic).
• the Taurobolic Altar, dedicated in 160 to restore the health of Antoninus Pius
• many large Dionysiac sarcophagi, including the Sarcophagus of the Triumph of Bacchus
• the Lyon-Vaise Hoard of dishes, jewellery and silver statuettes buried during a 3rd-century Germanic invasion

References

External links

• Official website (in English)

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