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International audience ; A new programme of excavations since 1990 on the site of Ribemont-sur-Ancre has led to the study of the major part of the La Tène layers and to the reexamination of the Gallo-Roman cult installation. The discovery of the remains of several hundred individuals and of thousands of weapons in La Tène C levels can be now interpreted as the remnants of a monumental trophy erected in the final years of the 3 rd century BC. Since its construction, this trophy has witnessed no significant cult activity. Not until 30 BC were its ruins, which still were partly standing, cleared when a large military population built a temple on this very spot in the middle of a well structured sanctuary. It was straight away highly decorated which is unusual for a building set in the countryside. A stone colonnade was added to the temple at the beginning of the 1 st century AD, with the further addition of two quadriporticoes at the end of the same century. In the second half of the 2 nd century AD, the temple was rebuilt in a monumental and classical form and a new portico was added. These imposing structures were accompanied by a general extension of the site on over 50 ha, with a succession of courtyards in terraced rows, dominated by the temple but also including a theatre and two bath buildings. This new analysis of the architectural features and of the finds leads us to reconsider the nature of the worship: it now seems clear that the site was the focus of a public cult under the subordination to the civitas capital, Samarobriva . ; Un nouveau programme de fouille, engagé sur le site de Ribemont-sur-Ancre depuis 1990, a permis l'étude de la plus grande partie du gisement laténien et le réexamen de l'installation cultuelle gallo-romaine. Les restes de plusieurs centaines d'individus et les milliers d'armes découverts sur les sols de La Tène moyenne sont maintenant interprétés comme les vestiges d'un trophée monumental qui aurait été constitué à la fin du III e s. avant J.-C. Celui-ci, par la suite, n'a pas ...

A new survey programme, launched on the Ribem-sur-Ancre site since 1990, has enabled the study of most of the latenian deposit and the review of the gallo-Roman crop installation. The leftovers of several hundred individuals and the thousands of weapons discovered on the soil of the Medium Teene are now interpreted as the remains of a monumental trophy that would have been formed at the end of the III 'sup' e '/sup' s before J.-C. The latter did not subsequently experience any significant culinary activity; its ruins, still in partial rise, were only cleaned in the 30s before J.-C. when a military population built a temple at the very place, in the middle of an organised sanctuary, which was decorated from the outset with an uncommon decoration for a monument built in the middle of the countryside. From the beginning of the I 'super'/sup s, he was equipped with a stone colonnade and, at the end of the same century, a double quadriportic. In the second half of the second paragraph, the temple was reconstructed in a monumental form, of a classic allure, with a new gantry. These large buildings are accompanied by a new architectural design of the site, which then spans more than 50 ha, in a succession of terraces, dominated by the temple, where a theatre and two thermal sets are also located. The new study of the architecture of the sanctuary and material cloaks makes it possible to reconsider the nature of worship: it should be seen as a public worship directly dependent on the head of the city, Samarobriva. ; International audience A new programme of excavations since 1990 on the site of Ribemont-sur-Ancre has led to the study of the major part of the La Tène layers and to the reexamination of the Gallo-Roman cult installation. The discovery of the remains of several hundred individuals and of thousands of weapons in La Tène C levels can be now interpreted as the remnants of a monumental trophy erected in the final years of the 3 rd century BC. Since its construction, this trophy has witnessed no significant cult ...