Editing Bayeux (section)

==Etymology==
The city was known as '''Augustodurum''' in the [[Roman Empire]]. It means the ''durum'' (Celtic word ''duro-'' 'door', 'gate', Welsh ''{{lang|cy|dor}}'', Breton ''{{lang|br|dor}}'' 'door', 'gate') dedicated to [[Augustus]], Roman Emperor. The Celtic word ''duron'', Latinised as ''durum'', was probably used to translate the Latin word ''[[Forum (Roman)|forum]]'' (Compare [[Fréjus]] ''Forum Julii'', dedicated to Julius (Caesar)).<ref>[[:fr:Pierre-Yves Lambert]], ''La langue gauloise'', éditions errance 1994.</ref>

In the Late Empire it took the name of the Celtic tribe who lived here: the ''Bodiocassi'', Latinized in ''Bajocassi'', ''[[Bajocasses]]'', and this word explains the place-names Bayeux and [[Bessin]]. ''Bodiocassi'' has been compared with Old Irish ''{{lang|sga|Buidechass}}'' 'with blond locks'.<ref>Xavier Delamarre, ''Dictionnaire de la langue Gauloise'', éditions errance 2003.</ref>