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    46°52′48″N 7°02′56″E / 46.880°N 7.049°E / 46.880; 7.049 (Aventicum) Aventicum was the largest town and capital of Roman Switzerland (Helvetia or Civitas...
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    chance during an excavation of the sewers of the Cigognier sanctuary in Aventicum, the bust is kept for security at the Banque cantonale vaudoise in Lausanne;...
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  • popularly, Marius of Avenches (532 – 31 December 596) was the Bishop of Aventicum (modern Avenches) from 574, remembered for his terse chronicle. After...
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    century AD was an age of prosperity on the Swiss Plateau. Towns such as Aventicum, Iulia Equestris and Augusta Raurica reached a remarkable size, while...
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  • municipality of Avenches. The village, which follows the old Roman wall of Aventicum, contains a chapel dedicated to Saint Thecla. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis...
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    statues dedicated "To an Honest Tax-gatherer", and later as a banker at Aventicum among the Helvetii in Gaul, where he died. With his wife Vespasia Polla...
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    settlements in Switzerland were the cities of Iulia Equestris (Nyon), Aventicum (Avenches), Augusta Raurica (Augst) and Vindonissa (Windisch). Evidence...
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  • interpretation as Mars. There was a temple dedicated to Mars Caturix in Aventicum, the capital of Roman Helvetia, another one in Nonfoux, Essertines-sur-Yverdon...
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    Ocellum (Aussois)? Helvetii (*Heluetī) Brenodurum? (Bern, Switzerland); Aventicum (Avenches) Helvii (*Helwī) Alba Helviorum (Alba-la-Romaine) Insubres Mediolanom...
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    whose inhabitants founded the new "capital" of the civitas at nearby Aventicum. First incorporated into the Roman province of Gallia Belgica, later into...
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    Ebrulf, Frankish hermit and abbot (b. 517) Marius Aventicensis, bishop of Aventicum (b. 532) "596 a.D. - The Battle of Raith | made by young people at Makewaves"...
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    to the Julius Alpinus who was executed after leading the Helvetii of Aventicum against Aulus Caecina Alienus, or the Julius Classicus who led a unit...
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    rendition of Monkey3's show at the iconic Rock Oz'Arènes Festival "Live at Aventicum" (2009) and "Beyond The Black Sky" (Stickman Records, 2011). In 2013 Monkey3...
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    were those of Bois de Châtel, Avenches (abandoned with the foundation of Aventicum as the capital of the Roman province), Jensberg (near vicus Petinesca...
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    Carthaginem Spartariam. — Marius Aventicensis, Chronica de obispo de Aventicum In 457, the Roman general Majorian succeeded to the throne of the Western...
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    Lausanne (Lausonium or Lausonna). While the exact date of the founding of Aventicum is not exact, it was likely established during or shortly after Augustus'...
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  • 9 AD Mursa Osijek Croatia 15 AD Vindonissa Windisch Switzerland 16 AD Aventicum Avenches Switzerland 20 AD Tiberias Tiberias Israel 39 AD Praetorium Agrippinae...
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    LUGOVES Inscribed on a Corinthian capital. Found in the Roman city of Aventicum, near Avenches, Vaud, Switzerland.: 594  Latin CIL XIII, 5078 Karl Zangemeister...
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    thought to be Roman in origin. The establishment of the Roman settlement of Aventicum, which became the capital of the province, took place around 15-13 B.C...
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    Guntram, king of Burgundy (approximate date) Marius Aventicensis, bishop of Aventicum (d. 596) Xiao Mohe, general of the Chen dynasty and Sui dynasty (d. 604)...
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    the Central Plateau. The existing roads were expanded, especially the Aventicum-Vindonissa and the Petinesca-Augusta Raurica roads. A fourth alpine pass...
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  • Holy See becomes sede vacante. Marius Aventicensis is made bishop of Aventicum (modern Avenches). February 7 – Shōtoku, prince and regent of Japan (d...
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    of the following centuries. The center of Roman administration was at Aventicum (Avenches). In 259, Alamanni tribes overran the Limes, putting the settlements...
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    role. A follow-up study on Roman Imperial pigment balls excavated in Aventicum and Augusta Raurica (Switzerland; first to third century AD) confirmed...
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    Raurica (Augst)) Aventicum Avenches Switzerland 46°52′52″N 7°02′34″E / 46.881003°N 7.042657°E / 46.881003; 7.042657 (Aventicum (Avenches)) Brenodurum...
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    Italy over the Simplon Pass, where the roads to the Roman capital of Aventicum and the road into Gaul through Besançon separated. This made it an important...
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    however, and was instead centered around the valley of the river Broye and Aventicum. Therefore, only a few remains from the Roman era have been found in Fribourg...
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    this is part of a route that was used in the Roman period, connecting Aventicum (modern Avenches) with Augusta Raurica, a Roman settlement a short distance...
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  • fornby Helgö Sigtuna Uppåkra Valsgärde Vasa (ship) Vendel Augusta Raurica Aventicum (Avenches) La Tène, Iron Age Vindonissa (Windisch) Al-Rawda Apamea Bosra...
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    built around AD 15–25 as a road station and bridge head on the road from Aventicum to Augusta Raurica or Vindonissa. A small vicus or settlement quickly...
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