Hello mahga and thank you for your question.
The ancient Roman town of Condivicnum (also spelt Condivincum) is the
modern day French city of Nantes.
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"Namnetes A tribe based around the modern town of Condivincum=Nantes."
http://www.slitherine.co.uk/Legion/Campaign_2.htm
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"Condivicnum, capital of the Gallic tribe of the Namnčteses, on the
road of the tin, became an important administrative and commercial
city with the Roman work."
http://www.slitherine.co.uk/Legion/Campaign_2.htm
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"Condivincum / Portanamnetum = Portensis Vicus / Namnetes = Civ.
Namnetum
Ancient name: Condivincum / Portanamnetum = Portensis Vicus / Namnetes
= Civ. Namnetum
Modern name: Nantes (Loire-Atlantique)
Site Type: civitas
Site Period(s): Roman, Late Antique
Roman Province: Lugdunensis III
French Department: Loire-Atlantique
Approximate Latitude= 47-48 degrees N. Latitude
Approximate Longitude= 1-2 degrees W. Longitude
Peutinger Table: mp XVIII a Segora mp XXVIIII ad Duretiam
General References: Peut.; Ptol.1.260; Not.Dig., CAG 44 #69 81-106;
PECS 236; R. Sanquer, "Nantes antique," in Histoire de Nantes
(Toulouse, 1977)
Specific Ancient References: Peut.1.b.1; Ptol.1.260; Not.Dig.
(Mannatia)"
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"Breton Naoned
ancient Condivincum.
City (metro. area pop., 1990: 492,000), northwestern France.
Located on the Loire River, west of Tours, it derives its name from
the Namnetes, a Gallic tribe settled there before the Romans conquered
Gaul. The Huns, the Normans, and dukes of Brittany claimed it before
it passed to France in 1499."
http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/print?eu=398316
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Questions by Randolph- Macon
Edited by George Huang
Tossups
1. It is situated on the site of a Roman town called Condivincum. It
is
currently the capital of the Loire-
Atlantique Department, and is the seventh-largest city in France. It
was
the center of the ebony and sugar
trade, and became France's leading port in the 18th century. FTP what
is this city at the head of the Loire
estuary that is more famous for a law signed there in 1598?
Answer: _NANTES_
http://www.stanford.edu/group/CollegeBowl/archive/jhu96/rmc.txt
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To view a map of Nantes click here:
http://uk.maps.yahoo.com/py/lg:uk/lc:uk/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=&city=Nantes&state=&slt=47.214000&sln=-1.555100&name=&zip=44&country=fr&BFCat=&BFClient=&mag=5&desc=&cs=5&newmag=2&poititle=&poi=
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Thank you for your question and if you need any clarification of my
answer do not hesitate to ask.
Very best regards.
THX1138
Search strategy included:
Condivincum
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