The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location

Boulogne

Also known as Gessoriacum, County of Boulogne

  • port
  • Roman

The Channel port of northern Gaul, Roman Gessoriacum or Portus Itius, facing Britain across a short sea. Cliffs, a harbor, and later a county make it the usual embarkation point for British expeditions.

Type
port
Style
Roman
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 46
Books
1

History

  1. BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)

    The Channel port of northern Gaul, Roman Gessoriacum or Portus Itius, facing Britain across a short sea. Cliffs, a harbor, and later a county make it the usual embarkation point for British expeditions.

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