Augusta Raurica is a large Roman archaeological site in Switzerland. Located about 20 km east of Basel near the village of Kaiseraugst, it is the oldest known Roman colony on the Rhine. The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus). ... An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been investigated using the discipline of archaeology. ... Location within Switzerland Basel (English traditionally: Basle , German: Basel , French Bâle , Italian Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; the 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel... The Rhine canyon (Ruinaulta) in Graubünden in Switzerland Length 1,320 km Elevation of the source Vorderrhein: approx. ...

Augusta Raurica was founded around 44 BCE in the area of a local Gallic tribe, the Rauracians. During the first two centuries CE it was a prosperous place and in its glory days the capital of a local Roman province. It might have been populated by twenty thousand people. Alemanni tribes destroyed the city around 260 CE. Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC - 40s BC - 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC 0s Years: 49 BC 48 BC 47 BC 46 BC 45 BC 44 BC 43 BC 42 BC 41 BC... Gallia may mean several things: Gallia was the Latin name for Gaul. ... The Alamanni, Allemanni or Alemanni, are a Germanic tribe, first mentioned by Dio Cassius, under the year 213. ...

During the middle ages, many of the stones of the site were recycled for new construction. Archaeological excavations have unearthed temples, taverns, public buildings, a forum, a baths complex and large theatre with 10.000 seats. Kihryuzan Senjo-ji Temple, by Toyota Kokai (1780-1850) The word temple has different meanings in the fields of architecture, religion, geography, anatomy, and education. ... A tavern is, loosely, a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and, more than likely, also be served food, though not licenced to put up guests. ... Forum, originally a Latin word, currently refers in English to a place or a space for meeting or for trading. ...

The place is a popular tourist destination and includes a museum. A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ...

External sites

• Augusta Raurica site