Ad Lullia is a putative Roman civilian settlement recorded in the Barrington Atlas (11 B2) on the coast of Gallia Belgica (modern Picardy, France), not Britain — the coordinates place it near the Canche or Authie estuaries south of Boulogne (Gesoriacum/Bononia). It is known essentially from itinerary or toponymic evidence rather than as a securely identified excavated site, and would have been active during the imperial period (1st–4th c. AD) as a minor roadside or coastal station along the route between Bononia and the Somme.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
If correctly located, it functioned as a subsidiary node on the strategic coastal corridor linking the Classis Britannica base at Boulogne with the ports of the Somme estuary, supporting traffic crossing to Britain. Its identification is uncertain — the question mark in the Barrington entry reflects genuine doubt about both name and location.
Ad Lullia is a putative Roman civilian settlement recorded in the Barrington Atlas (11 B2) on the coast of Gallia Belgica (modern Picardy, France), not Britain — the coordinates place it near the Canche or Authie estuaries south of Boulogne (Gesoriacum/Bononia). It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a settlement site from the Roman period in Britain.
Ad Lullia? is classified as a Roman settlement — a civilian site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
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