97. In the beginning of the fourth century, the orator
Eumenius (Panegyric. Veter. viii. 6, edit. Delphin.) speaks
of the vines in the territory of Kutun, which were decayed
through age, and the first plantation of which was totally
unknown. The Pagus Arebrignus is supposed by M. d'Anville to
be the district of Beaune, celebrated, even at present, for
one of the first growths of Burgundy.