Corseul
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Corseul is a commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Côtes-d'Armor
Côtes-d'Armor
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 department in Bretagne
Bretagne
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 in northwestern France
France
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The town was a major Roman
Roman Empire
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 town and contains Roman ruins. The town hall contains a small archaeological museum.

History

Corseul was called Fanum Martis ("Temple of Mars") in Latin
Latin
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 and was the capital of the Gallo-Roman province of Coriosolites. It was founded in 10 BC. In the 3rd and 4th centuries, similarly to other regional cities, Fanum Martis changed its name to that of its people. This name change occurred as the Roman Empire
Roman Empire
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 weakened and paralleled a revival of the ancient Gallic gods
Gallo-Roman culture
The term Gallo-Roman describes the Romanized culture of Gaul under the rule of the Roman Empire. This was characterized by the Gaulish adoption or adaptation of Roman mores and way of life in a uniquely Gaulish context...

in local religious sculptures and dedicatory inscriptions.

Population

Inhabitants of Corseul are called coriosolites or curiosolites.

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