At most of the cities of Gaul the construction of wall circuits between the end of the third and the beginning of the fifth centuries redefined the urban fabric. The historiography of the subject has long regarded them as the limits of the urban. The ATEG VIII conference will attempt to determine whether, during this period, the fortified space of the city capitals delimited all non-funerary occupations and, if so, to define the nature of the latter. To answer this question, the papers will focus on case studies of city capitals in Gaul and the Roman West, from the 3rd to the 6th century (between around 250 and 550 AD). They will be followed by a half-day session devoted to current research on Late Antiquity.
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