Beda vicus

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Beda is a Roman vicus on the Roman road from Trier to Cologne . It is recorded in the Antonini Itinerarium around 140 AD as "Beda Vicus" and on the Roman world map Tabula Peutingeriana (4th century) as "Beda". Both sources agree that the distance from Augusta Treverorum (Trier) is 12 leagues (corresponds to about 26.40 km).

The Roman vicus Beda can be found in the city center of the Eifel town of Bitburg . On both sides of today's main street there was a settlement and a late Roman fortification with a temple area and forum. Around 330 the vicus was expanded into a street fort with 13 round towers and two city gates.

Some parts of the city ​​wall and a tower east of the main street have been preserved and reconstructed . Today, an archaeological circular route, starting from the town hall, has 16 stations that reveal the remains of the walls of the late antique fort. A replica of a Jupiter column was erected north of the church after original parts of such a column were found during excavations in the fort area.

literature

  • Joseph Hagen: Römerstraßen der Rheinprovinz (= explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province. Volume 8). 2nd Edition. Kurt Schroeder Verlag, Bonn 1931, p. 108 ff, 162 f.
  • Ernst Wackenroder : The Art Monuments of the Bitburg District (= The Art Monuments of the Rhine Province , Volume 12, Department I). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1927.
  • Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz (Ed.): Südwestliche Eifel, Bitburg-Prüm-Daun-Wittlich (= guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments. Volume 33). Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1977, ISBN 3-8053-0302-5 .