AUXIMUM (mod. Osimo), ancient town, Picenum, on an isolated hill 8m. from the Adriatic, on the road from Ancona to Nuceria, a Roman fortress to protect settlements in Northern Picenum; the walls were built 174 B.C. of large squared blocks; they still exist. It was important in the civil wars and in imperial times, as inscriptions and the monuments of its forum (the pres ent piazza) show. In the 6th century it is called by Procopius the chief town of Picenum, Ancona being spoken of as its harbour. AUXONNE, town in the Cote d'Or department, East France, 19m. E.S.E. of Dijon on the P.L.M. railway to Belfort. Pop. (1931) 2,903. It lies in the wide plain on the left bank of the Saone, whence its name (ad Sonam). The mediaeval town was the centre of a county which passed to the dukes of Burgundy in the 13th century. The town received a charter in 1229, and had a mint founded by the dukes. In the i 7th century Vauban restored the ramparts and stronghold, traces of which still re main, and built the arsenal now used as a market. Auxonne was invested by the allies in 1814 and surrendered to the Austrians in 1815. The church of Notre Dame (14th century) has two front towers (one unfinished) and a lofty spire surmounting a third tower over the crossing. The Hotel-de-Ville (15th century) and some Renaissance houses are of interest. There are a tribunal of commerce and a communal college, but industries are unim portant though there is a large trade in market-garden and vegetable produce.