Vienne

• Vienne is a cathedral city located on the River Rhone, 22 miles (35km) south of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alps Region of southeastern France.
• It was the civitas of the Allobroges Gallic Tribe, known to the Romans as Vienna, not to be confused with modern Vienna in Austria, which the Romans called Vindobona. It was in the Province of Gallia Narbonensis.

Roman Sites

• Vienne paired Roman Theatres
  • One theatre is open to the public and hosts summer events, whilst the other is inaccessible.
  • The only other paired Roman Theatres in Gaul are at Lyon.

• Roman Temple of Augustus and Livia.

Temple of Augustus and Livia, Vienne

• Truncated Roman Pyramid
  • This rests on a four arched Portico saved from Vienne Roman Circus.

Roman Pyramid and Portico, Vienne

Museums

• Gallo-Roman Museum
  • Located across the River Rhone from Vienne at RD 502, Saint-Romain-en-Gal.
  • The museum is built on an Archeological site and houses almost 4,000 artefacts excavated from the Roman Vienne and Saint-Romain-en Gal, which includes mosaics, statues and a model reconstruction of the port and town.

Gallo Roman Museum at Vienne

Roman Roads

• Via Agrippa
  • Lyon-Vienne-Arles–Marseille.
• Via Antonina
  • This road ran parallel to the Via Agrippa on the opposite side of the Rhone.

Vienne Gallo Roman Museum