Roman villages in the Danube and Alpine regions
In ancient times, the Danube formed the border of the Roman Empire . In the lowlands south of the Danube and in the Alpine region there were many Roman villages, military camps, forts and even larger municipalities , i.e. cities. Many of the Roman localities are known from the sources and some of today's cities and villages were built exactly on or near former Roman settlements. This article provides the most complete list of Roman towns in Austria , Switzerland , Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg sorted by provinces after the reform of Emperor Diocletian . The current city is given in brackets.
Raetia Secunda Vindelica
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Capital:
Legion camp:
Fort:
- Castra Batava ( Passau )
- Iciniacum ( Theilenhofen in Middle Franconia)
- Castellum Sablonetum ( Ellingen in Middle Franconia)
- Biriciana ( Weißenburg in Middle Franconia)
- Castelum ? ( Burgsalach / Oberhochstatt )
- Castelum ? ( Böhming near Kipfenberg )
- Vetoniana ( Pfünz )
- Castelum Germanicum ( Kösching in Upper Bavaria)
- Venaxamodurum ( Neuburg an der Donau , Upper Bavaria)
- Submuntorium ( Burghöfe (Mertingen) )
- Celeusum ( Pförring )
- Abusina ( Eining )
- Sorviodurum (City of Straubing in Lower Bavaria)
- Quintanis ( Künzing in Lower Bavaria)
- Caelius Mons ( Kellmünz in Swabia)
- Cambodunum - Burghalde, late Roman Cambidanum ( Kempten im Allgäu , Swabia)
- Vemania ( Isny im Allgäu )
Colonia:
- Teriolis ( Zirl in Tyrol)
- Arbor Felix ( Arbon in Switzerland)
Post stations:
- Pons Aeni , Ad Aenum , Fabians ( Rosenheim )
- Biriciana ( Weißenburg in Bavaria )
- Matreium ( Matrei am Brenner , Tyrol)
- Inutrium ( Nauders am Reschenpass, Tyrol)
Villa Rustica:
Noricum ripense
Capital:
Legion camp:
Municipium:
- Iuvavum ( Salzburg )
- Aelium Cetium ( St. Pölten )
Colonia:
- Boiotro (today's inner city of Passau )
- Cucullae ( Kuchl )
- Locus Felix ( Wall near Melk )
Fort:
- Ioviacum ( Schlögen )
- Lentia ( Linz )
- Ad Iuvense ( Wallsee-Sindelburg near Amstetten )
- Arelape ( Pöchlarn )
- Favianis ( Mautern on the Danube )
- Augustianis ( Traismauer )
- Asturis ( Zwentendorf on the Danube )
- Comagena ( Tulln on the Danube )
- Cannabiaca ( Zeiselmauer-Wolfpassing )
Post stations:
- Gabromagus ( Windischgarsten )
- Anisum ( Radstadt )
- Tergolape (at Vöcklabruck )
- Namare (near Melk )
- Lacus Felix ( Traunsee )
- Ad Mauros ( Eferding )
Noricum Mediterraneum
Capital:
- Virunum (until the 2nd century, today Zollfeld in Carinthia)
- Teurnia also Tiburnia (from the 2nd century, near Spittal an der Drau )
Municipia:
- Aguntum (near Lienz )
- Poetovio ( Ptuj in Slovenia)
- Flavia Solva (near Leibnitz in Styria)
- Celeia ( Celje in Slovenia)
- Emona ( Ljubljana in Slovenia)
Colonia:
- Graviacae ( Flattnitz )
- In Murio ( Immurium , today Moosham Castle near Unternberg )
- Viscella ( Oberzeiring in Styria)
- Surontium ( shoots in Styria)
- Stiriatae ( Liezen in Styria)
- Gurina ( Dellach in Carinthia's Gail Valley )
- Tartusanae ( Sankt Johann am Tauern )
- Littamum ( Innichen in South Tyrol)
- Iuenna ( Globasnitz )
- Candalicae ( Friesach )
Pannonia Prima & Savia
Capital:
- Colonia Claudia Savaria ( Szombathely in West Hungary )
Legion camp:
Municipia:
- Scarabantia (Ödenburg / Sopron )
- Salla ( Zalalövő in western Hungary)
- Aelium Carnuntum (civil town of the legionary camp)
- Brigetio (civil town of the legionary camp)
Fort:
- Ala Nova , ( Schwechat near Vienna)
- Aequinoctium , ( Fischamend )
- Gerulata ( Rusovce , district of Bratislava )
- Ad Flexum ( Mosonmagyaróvár in Hungary)
- Arrabona ( Győr in Hungary)
- Quadriburgium ( Visegrád in Hungary)
- Fafianae
Post stations:
- Ad Pirum ( Birnbaum Forest in Slovenia)
- Castra ( Ajdovščina in Slovenia)
Germania superior
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Capital:
Colonia:
- Augusta Raurica ( Kaiseraugst ) Switzerland
Legion camp:
- Vindonissa ( Windisch AG ) Switzerland
- Dangstetten Roman Camp ( Dangstetten )
- Argentorate ( Strasbourg ) France
Castles:
- Tenedo ( Bad Zurzach ) Switzerland
- balneum ... vetustate dilabsum thermal baths and ( Jagsthausen fort )
- Brigobanis Fort Hüfingen near Hüfingen
- Irgenhausen Castle (Pfäffikon- Irgenhausen ) Switzerland
Municipa:
- Arae Flaviae ( Rottweil )
- Iuliomagus ( Schleitheim ) Switzerland
- Confluentes ( Koblenz )
- Portus ( Pforzheim )
Civitates and thermal baths:
- Brocomagus ( Brumath ) Alsace, France
- Ulpia Sueborum Nicretum Lopodunum , ( Ladenburg ),
- Alisinensium ( Wimpfen )
- Aurelia G ... ( Cannstatt )
- Sumelocennensis , Sumelocenna ( Rottenburg )
- Aquensis , Aquae , ( Baden-Baden )
- Vangionum , Borbetomagus ( Worms )
- Nemetum , Noviomagus ( Speyer )
- Mattiacorum , Aquae Mattiacorum ( Wiesbaden )
- Taunensium , Nida ( Frankfurt-Heddernheim )
- Auderiensium ( Med ... , rest not yet known) ( Dieburg )
- Aqua Villae Römerbadruine Badenweiler in ( Badenweiler )
Vici:
- Centum Prata , ( Kempraten ) Switzerland
- Turicum , Tigurum, Turegum , ( Zurich ) Switzerland
Germania inferior
Capital:
- Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium , (today's Cologne )
Municipates and legionary camps:
- Bonnensia , Bonna ( Bonn )
- Aquae Granni ( Aachen )
- Juliacum ( Jülich )
- Aduatuca Tungrorum ( Tongeren )
- Castellum apud Confluentes ( Koblenz )
- Novaesium ( Neuss )
- Rigomagus ( Remagen )
- Colonia Ulpia Traiana ( Xanten )
- Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum ( Nijmegen )
- Forum Hadriani ( Voorburg )
Gallia Belgica
Capital and largest thermal baths north of the Alps:
Municipes:
- Augusta Suessionum ( Soissons )
- Bagacum ( Bavay )
- Portus Itius later Gesoriacum , late antique Bononia ( Boulogne-sur-Mer )
- Caesaromagus ( Beauvais )
- Catalauni ( Châlons-en-Champagne )
- Divodurum ( Metz )
- Durocortorum ( Reims )
- Mediolanum Aulercorum ( Évreux )
- Samarobriva ( Amiens )
- Tullum ( Toul )
- Vesontio ( Besançon )
- Virodunum ( Verdun )
In the neighborhood
Raetia prima curiensis
- Brigantia , Brigantium ( Bregenz )
- Curia Raetorum ( Chur , Switzerland)
- Constantia ( Constance on Lake Constance)
Street station:
Valeria
Legion camp:
Cohort fort:
- Solva ( Esztergom )
- Intercisa Castle ( Dunaújváros )
- Lussonium ( Dunakömlőd )
- Lugio / Florentia ( Dunaszekcső )
Venetia & Histria
Municipia:
See also
Web links
- The Roman Amber Road from Carnuntum to Aquileia
- Province of Pannonia
- Noricum Province
- Raetia Province
- VETONIANA Roman fort in Pfünz, Upper Bavaria
- The Roman Limes in Austria Culture 2000 program of the European Union
- Notitia Dignitatum - Roman Official and Military List
- Tabula Peutingeriana - Roman map, 4th century
- Itinerarium Antonini - directory of all post stations on the Roman roads from the time of Emperor Caracalla (188 - 217)