Lugdunum (museum)

Discovered in the Ainay district in 1806, this mosaic shows a circus during a chariot race, making it one of the few ancient representations of such a race (Lyon itself had a circus, the place of which has not been discovered). ==Other objects==

• the Gallic Coligny calendar • the silver Lyon cup, decorated with images of Gallic gods • fragments of the decoration of the Altar of Rome and Augustus, from the federal sanctuary of the three Gauls • the Lyon Tablet, with a speech by Claudius • large mosaics such as the • the Taurobolic Altar, dedicated in 160 to restore the health of Antoninus Pius • many large Dionysiac sarcophagi, including the Sarcophagus of the Triumph of Bacchus and • the Lyon-Vaise Hoard of dishes, jewellery and silver statuettes buried during a 3rd-century Germanic invasion • Neptune of Lyon - a 2nd-century statue made locally in Lugdunum, the largest bronze statue of Neptune found in France ==References==