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Romischwe keller in Antikenmuseum BaselBrunnenStadtmauerGrabsteinBasel, 374 AD: View of the fortified settlement on the cathedral hill, the settlement in the Birsigtal and the right bank of the small fortress (Munimentum).GebäudeLate roman burgus on Rhine river in 374 AD.WehrturmTemple of Pfaffenlohweg, RiehenSchautafelWohngebäudeRömische rundbau auf Rheininsel GwerdAquarell von J. J. Neustück in 1840Localisation of Rundbau near Augusta Raurica

Location:

  • Switzerland, Basel
  • geo:47.553291,7.59446
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 1xx / unknown

Class:

  • Vicus or canabae
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=45814

Annotations

With the conquest of Gaul by Caesar around 52  BC, the region of Basel was under Roman control. The fortified settlement on the cathedral hill was ideal for controlling the incidence axes. Even after the subjugation of Gaul by Caesar, the Celtic structures of the settlement continued for the time being. Celtic nobles ruled the surrounding region on behalf of Rome from the cathedral hill.

Thanks to the concentration of trade, craft and rule, the well-fortified settlement (known to the Romans as such fortified settlements as oppida) functioned as a regional center. Various finds suggest that individual Roman military personnel or a small Roman contingent of troops were stationed to ensure control of the Celtic allies. Only at the beginning of the Augustan period ( from about 30-20 BC), the late Celtic buildings were demolished on the cathedral hill. The extensive fortification was laid down and it was a so-called vicus, a Roman village settlement. The newly founded colonial town of Augusta Raurica, which was located at the junction of several trade routes and where a bridge over the Rhine stood, was now the administrative, cultural and economic center of the region.

Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel

Other source:https://www.archaeologie.bs.ch/50000-jahre/ueberblick/eisenzeit.html

About murus gallicus of Basel: https://www.archaeologie.bs.ch/vermitteln/info-stellen/rittergasse-4.html

 

bron: http://www.oppida.org/page.php?lg=fr&rub=00&id_oppidum=176


Nearby

Gallo-Roman vicus, Basel

Gallo-Roman village built towards the end of the 1st century BC.

Antikenmuseum Basel

Antikenmuseum

Römische Sodbrunnen

Late roman water well build around 300A.D.


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