BIBRACTE

bibracte, an ancient gaulish town, the modern mont beuvray, near autun in france. here, on a hilltop 2500 ft. above sea-level, excavation has revealed a vast area of 330 acres, girt with a stone and wood rampart 3 m. long, and containing the remains of dwelling-houses, a temple of bibractis, and the workshops of iron and bronze workers and enamellers. it was the capital of the aedui in the time of julius caesar. later on augustus removed the inhabitants to his new town augustodunum (autun), to destroy the free native traditions. another far more obscure town in gaul, near reims, also bore the name. see bulliot, _fouilles de beuvray_; dechelette, _oppidum de bibracte_; also references s.v. aedui.