- [quadragesimae] Gal[liarum]. In
respect to
Saint Maurice, the name was
changed from
Acaunum (French: Agaune) to Saint-Maurice in 1003. Some
traces of a
Bronze Age...
- (native language(s)) –
older name(s), (other language(s)), location(s)
Acaunum,
Agaunum Saint-Maurice Ad
Fines Pfyn
Aquae Helveticae Baden Arbor Felix...
-
martyrdom of the
Theban Legion. The word
Agaunum derives from
Gaulish acaunum,
meaning "saxum, stone, whetstone". The word
acauna also
appears in compound...
- (Moudon), Urba (Orbe),
Uromagus (Oron),
Viviscus (Vevey); in the Valais:
Acaunum or
Agaunum (St. Maurice),
Forum Claudii Vallensium (Martigny), Pennelocus...
