Augusta Raurica [SEP] named after
from this period has yet been found, leading to the conclusion that, either the settlement of the colony was disturbed by the civil war following the death of Julius Caesar, or that Plancus' colony was actually in the area of modern Basel, not Augst.
Successful colonization of the site had to wait for Augustus' conquest of the central Alps around 15 BC. The oldest find to date at Augusta Raurica has been dated to 6 BC by dendrochronology.
Name.
The inscription on Munatius Plancus'
after the defeat of the Habsburgs during the Napoleonic Wars.
Augusta Raurica today.
The excavation site and the late Roman castle, the "Castrum Rauracense", are listed as heritage sites of national significance, as are the early Christian baptisterium and the brick kiln at Liebrüti.
Augusta Raurica today Excavations.
Many of the Roman buildings have been discovered and conserved through excavations, and most are open to the public:
- Amphitheatre: only modest remains exist.
- Aqueduct: supplied Augusta Raurica with drinking water