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en-wikipedia-org-2803		Lugdunum - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	4507	533	62	Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum (modern Lyon, France) was an important Roman city in Gaul, established on the current site of Lyon. According to the historian Cassius Dio, in 43 BC, the Roman Senate ordered Munatius Plancus and Lepidus, governors of central and Transalpine Gaul respectively, to found a city for a group of Roman refugees who had been expelled from Vienne (a town about 30 km or 20 miles to the south) by the Allobroges and were encamped at the confluence of the Saône and Rhône rivers. The proximity to the frontier with Germany made Lugdunum strategically important for the next four centuries, as a staging ground for further Roman expansion into Germany, as well as the "de facto" capital city and administrative centre of the Gallic provinces. In the 2nd century, Lugdunum prospered and grew to a population of 40,000 to 200,000 persons.[12] Four aqueducts brought water to the city's fountains, public baths, and wealthy homes.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2803.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2803.txt