Ara Ubiorum
The ara Ubiorum (dt. Altar of the Ubier ) was a Roman sanctuary in the oppidum Ubiorum , today's Cologne . It was made in the last decade of the 1st century BC. It was built in the 4th century BC and was dedicated to the goddess Roma and the Roman Emperor : Here the Teutons , who were subjected to Augustus , were supposed to show their allegiance to Rome and the Emperor through sacrifices. Analogous to the Ara trium Galliarum , the Concilium provinciae ("Germanic Landtag") was set up for the planned province of Germania . High-ranking Germanic tribes held the priesthood at the ara Ubiorum .
history
For the year 9 AD, Tacitus reports that the Cheruscan Segimundus served here. When the news of the defeat of Varus in the Varus Battle reached him, Segimundus is said to have torn off his priestly armband and fled across the Rhine to Germania to join the rebels.
At the latest with the abandonment of the territories on the right bank of the Rhine in AD 16, the sanctuary lost its supraregional importance. Nevertheless, it was still maintained in Roman Cologne.
location
The ara Ubiorum must have been a representative and widely visible complex. Their traces are lost in the later Roman Cologne ( Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium ). The oppidum Ubiorum was located within the wall ring erected after the colony was founded by the CCAA, probably on the main axis of the Roman city that ran through the forum . This means that the macaw was probably in the area of Alt St. Alban and Gürzenich , which is also indicated by the archaeological findings. Research has tried to locate the ara Ubiorum in a wide variety of locations, but there seems to be signs that the prominent place mentioned is the most likely.
Individual evidence
literature
- Werner Eck : Cologne in Roman times. History of a city under the Roman Empire . Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-7743-0357-6 , p. 86ff.
- Rudolf Haensch : Roman Cologne as the “capital” of the province Germania inferior. In: Geschichte in Köln 33, 1993. pp. 5-40.