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Roman Vicus of Lenzburg

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Roman Vicus of Lenzburg

Roman Vicus of Lenzburg

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Location: Aargau, Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland

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  • In the area of Lindwald and Lindfeld in the area of motorway feeders and
    Railway line was a stately settlement in the times of the ancient Romans,
    evidenced by various excavations and numerous finds of walls,
    Graves and objects since the early 19th century, and of course that
    Roman theater. What is missing besides the temple is the name: «Vicus
    Lentia »is at most a working title (vicus: Latin settlement, district). The
    only attribution found on a pottery shard shows
    to a potter named VATTO.
    Small buildings and representative houses stood side by side in the street village, in which sales shops and handicrafts were operated: iron processing, millstone production and pottery. This first in
    Connection with the supply of the legion camp in Vindonissa.
    There was probably also a military post in the vicus.
    Its foundation goes back to the second quarter of the 1st century AD
    estimated. Initially, only wooden houses existed, which end of the
    Century burned down. The reconstruction took place on new parcels in
    Stone or truss. In the heyday, the settlement should be 400 to 600
    Inhabitants, the Vicus was in the second half of the 3rd
    Century. Roman Lenzburg was probably an important social and religious center for a larger region.

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    • August 1, 2020

  • Very nice relics from the old days. Unfortunately, the information board is badly weathered and illegible in Roman times.

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    • September 5, 2020

  • It's cool 😎

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    • June 22, 2024

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Location: Aargau, Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland

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