recorded on a list of eleven other settlements on a stela in Nîmes (ancient Nemausus) on which its name appears as "VCETIAE". It was under the administration of Nemausus, to which it provided water via a Roman aqueduct. Ucetia was also known as Castrum Uceciense, which is in the Notitia of the Provinces of Gallia. In 2017, mosaics discovered by accident during construction at a local high school represented material proof of the existence of Ucetia. The mosaics had depictions of animals such as a deer, an owl, an eagle, and bulls. These have been identified as "honor to the Roman gods". For many European cultures, deer represent deities of the woodlands, and the owl was a symbol of the goddess Athena. Together with the animals there were decorations that included water, geometric shapes, colors, and patterns, including a design with swastika-like elements. Ucetia was inhabited from at least the 1st century B.C. until the 7th century A.D. Ucetia and Pont du Gard Ucetia was known to have been a source of water carried via aqueduct to many communities, especially ancient Nemausus (Nîmes), which grew to a size of about 30,000 people. The aqueduct system included the Pont du Gard. Construction of the aqueduct led to a "classic Roman tragedy" of greed in the nearby cities and towns that affected Ucetia and other communities. Geography Climate Uzès has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Uzès is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Uzès was on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 March 2005. Dukes of Uzès The title of Duke of Uzès, in the family de Crussol d'Uzès, is the premier title in the peerage of France, coming right after the princes of the blood. The title of seigneur d'Uzès is attested in a charter of 1088. After part of Languedoc was attached to royal demesne (1229), the lords' (and later dukes') military skill and fealty to the Crown propelled their rise through the nobility, until, after the treason of the last Duke of Montmorency, beheaded in 1632, the title of First Duke of France fell to Uzès, who retain their stronghold in the center of town today,