Roman Megastructures

Today Lyon is the third-largest city in France but during ancient times it was the largest. At the time the capital of the Gauls was called Lugdunum. Between the end of the first century BC and the second century AD all the monuments worthy of a Roman capital would be built in the city and Lyon.

During the Gallic Wars, without putting up a fight, whole cities immediately sided with Rome and even took advantage of the generosity of the emperors, from Julius Caesar to Constantine the Great.

With its 2185 monuments today Paris is the world's most touristic capital city! Each part of the riverbank and each neighborhood bears witness to this tremendous wealth.