AUTUN, a town of east-central France, capital of an arron dissement in the department of Saone-et-Loire, 62m. S.W. of Dijon on the P.L.M. railway to Nevers. Pop. (1931) It stands on the slope of a hill above the river Arroux. Autun (Augustodunum) succeeded Bibracte as capital of the Aedui when Gaul was reorganized by Augustus. Under the Romans it had twice its present area, and was renowned for its schools of rhetoric. Roman remains include the ramparts and aqueducts, a theatre and amphitheatre, a square tower and a sepulchral pyra mid in the neighbouring village of Coubard. The counts of Autun were dukes of Burgundy from 88o till 1276. The chapel of St. Nicolas (12th century) contains many local antiquities. The cathedral of St. Lazare, once the chapel attached to the residence of the dukes of Burgundy, is in the highest part of the town. Mainly 12th century, the Gothic central tower and the chapels were added in the 15th century by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, born at Autun. The group of the Last Judgment sculptured on the tympanum above the west door, and the paint ing by Ingres representing the martyrdom of St. Symphorien, which took place at Autun in 179, are noteworthy. In the cathe dral square stands the Renaissance fountain of St. Lazare. The hotel Rolin (15th century) contains the collections of the "Aeduan literary and scientific society." Autun is the seat of a bishopric, of tribunals of first instance and of commerce. Oil is extracted from the local bituminous schist ; leather manu facture, metal-founding, the making of umbrellas, marble-work ing, and furniture-making are carried on. Autun is the commercial centre for a large part of the Morvan, and trades in timber, grain, horses, and cattle.