After a long drive to Guedelon on Monday, I was feeling like having a couple of easier days to finish my stay in Beaune. I only had one “must do” thing left, and that was to visit nearby Autun, so I chose to do that on Tuesday. After the Roman conquest, the capital of the Aedui moved from Bibracte to Autun (known as Augustodunum) because it was a better site for a Roman provincial capital. I don’t think it was that the Romans don’t like hills (Rome was founded on seven hills), so I assume it was related to water, which is even more reluctant to go uphill than the laziest Roman. While Autun has some Roman ruins, I figured it wouldn’t take a huge amount of time so I didn’t rush there early, having a
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