Mayenne
Mayenne ( ) is a landlocked department in northwest France named after the river Mayenne. Mayenne is part of the administrative region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Orne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, and Il ...
France
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History
Jublains, formerly spelled Jubleins, is the site of ancient Noeodunum (also spelled Noiodunum or Noviodunum), the capital of the ancient Gallic tribe of the Diablintes, later occupied and settled by Romans and called Civitas Diablintum. Noeodunum ( in
Greek language
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sources), was the chief city of the Diablintes, or of the Aulircii Diaulitae, as the name appears in the Greek texts of
Ptolemy
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(ii. 8. § 7). There is no doubt that the old Gallic name of the town was exchanged for that of the people, Diablintes - w''Civitas Diablintum''. In a medieval document, referred to by D'Anville, the town's name is written Jublent, and thence comes the corrupted name Jublains. Jublains is a small place not far from
Mayenne
Mayenne ( ) is a landlocked department in northwest France named after the river Mayenne. Mayenne is part of the administrative region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Orne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, and Il ...
, where Roman remains have also been discovered.
A name "Nudionnum" occurs in the Theodosian Table between Araegenus (modern
Vieux
Vieux (French for 'old') may refer to:
Places
*Vieux, Calvados, in the Calvados department, France
* Vieux, Tarn, in the Tarn department, France
* Vieux-Bourg, in the Calvados department, France
* Vieux-Fumé, in the Calvados department, France
* ...
Le Mans
Le Mans (; ) is a Communes of France, city in Northwestern France on the Sarthe (river), Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the Provinces of France, province of Maine (province), Maine, it is now the capital of ...
), and it is marked as a capital town. It appears to be the Noeodunum of the Diablintes, hence Jublains.
In an excavation in London a writing tablet was found with a note about a slave girl from Jublains. It read:
‘Vegetus, assistant slave of Montanus the slave of the August Emperor, has bought the girl Fortunata, by nationality a Diablintian, for 600 denarii. She is warranted healthy and not liable to run away ...’http://archive.museumoflondon.org.uk/Londinium/Lite/classifieds/Slave+girl.htm