Battle of Vindonissa
Battle of Vindonissa
| date | 298 or 302 |
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| place | Windisch AG , Aargau , Switzerland |
| output | Victory of the Romans |
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Roman-Alemannic Wars (259–378)
Mediolanum - Augusta Vindelicorum - Lacus Benacus - Placentia - Fano - Pavia - Langres - Vindonissa - Autun - Reims - Brumath - Senonae - Argentoratum - Solicinium - Argentovaria
The battle of vindonissa was around the year 298 (according to other sources to 302 n. Chr.) In the area of today's city Windisch AG , Kanton Aargau , Switzerland between Alemanni and Romans under the Caesar Constantine I played. Constantius won this battle and was subsequently able to secure the Roman Rhine border for years.
The Vindonissa Museum in the Swiss city of Brugg is dedicated to the battle .
literature
- Karlheinz Fuchs, Martin Kempa, Rainer Redies: The Alamanni . 4th edition. License issue. Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1535-9 (exhibition catalog, Stuttgart et al., State Archaeological Museum Baden-Württemberg et al., 1997–1998).
- Regula Frei-Stolba: The Battle of Vindonissa (302 AD) . Annual report of the Pro Vindonissa Society 2013 , pp. 35–48.
Web link
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Cantonal Archeology Aargau: Fundgeschichten Ueken ; Enter Vindonissa in the search window , accessed September 13, 2018.