Vitudurum
Gallo-Roman | |
Site notes | |
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Condition | aeaorchological access |
Ownership | City of Winterthur |
Management | Canton of Zürich |
Public access | Foundation walls at the St. Arbogast church |
Vitudurum (sometimes Vitodorum) is the name of a
.Geography
The majority of the remains of commercial, residential, religious and public buildings are situated in
Location
Vitudurum was established nearby productive resources and a prehistorican route from
History
The Roman timber buildings were
Buildings and infrastructure
A masonry temple in the center was built in the 1st to 2nd century, surrounded by a sacred precinct, the
Comparable with the southwestern area, two rows of houses stretched towards the north-east. North of the church hill (Kastellweg) there were on 2,000 square metres (21,528 sq ft) more residential and farm buildings made of wood, but also one of stone, fresh water pipes and sewers and latrines, established in the 1st to the 3rd century AD. Fire hazard exposed buildings and imissionary trades were situated at the edges of settlement in the west and east: in the 1st and 2nd centuries at least 14
Archaeological exploration
After the first excavations in 1841 and 1853, soundings at the location of the castrum at the St. Arbogast church and in the immediate vicinity have been done in 1934. On occasion of the rebuilding of the parish house Oberwinterthur, a rescue excavation was carried out from 1949 to 1951. In 1957/59 followed excavations and research and in 1960 further excavations. On the Roman road on the northeastern end of the Vicus excavations were carried out in 1967/69, and in 1976 at the St. Arbogast church, and from 1977 to 1982 on the lower western district (Unterer Bühl) of the settlement. Between 1979 and 2010 all construction projects were monitored in the area of the Roman Vicus, and over 50 rescue excavations were carried out; especially in 2002 at Bätmur Flur the aerchologists explored an early to high medieval settlement area (7th to 12th century AD), and from 2006 to 2009 at Kastellweg. In the area of the Vicus settlement remains of the European
Name and inscription stone
The name Vitudurum, evidenced by the Latin inscription on the foundation stone of the castle in the former Roman province Germania Superior dating in 294 AD:[4]
- [I]MP(erator) CAES(ar) G(aius) AURE(lius) VAL(erius) DIOCLETIAN[US PONT(ifex) MAX(imus) GER(manicus) MAX(imus)
- SAR(maticus) MAX(imus) PERS(icus) MAX(imus) TRIB(unicia) POT(estate) XI IM[P(erator)x CO(n)S(ul) V P(ater) P(atriae) PROCO(n)S(ul) ET
- IMP(erator) CAES(ar) M(arcus) AUR(elius) VAL(erius) MAXIMIA[N(us) PONT(ifex) MAX(imus) GER(manicus) MAX(imus) SAR(maticus)
- MAX(imus) PERS(icus) MA[X(imus) TRIB(unicia) POT(estate) X IMP(erator) VIIII CO[(n)S(ul) IIII P(ater) P(atriae) PROCO(n)S(ul) P(ii) F(elices) INV(icti) AUG(usti)
- ET VAL(erius) CONS[T]ANTIU ET GAL(erius) VAL(erius) [MAXSIMIANUS NOBILISS(imi) CA]ES(are)S MURUM VITUDURENSEM A S[OLO] SUMPTU SUO FECER(unt)
- AURELIO PROCULO V(iro) P(erfectissimo) PR[AES(ide) PROV(inciae) CURANTE]
The Latin capitals of the shortend original inscriptions are completed by minuscules, now meaning literally:
- The Emperor prokonsul, the pious, happy, victorious emperor, and Valerius Constantius and Galerius Valerius Maximianus, the illustrious reign of the Emperor have, have been built the fort wall of Vitudurum from scratch at their expense under the supervision of Aurelius Proculus, the highly respected provincial governor.[5]
The inscription stone is exhibited in the old city of Winterthur at the Rathaus Winterthur.[6]
Heritage site of national significance
The area of the remains of the Vicus Vitudurm ist listed in the
Namesake
- Asteroid 398045 Vitudurum
Literature
- Jürg E. Schneider, Walter Ulrich Guyan, Andreas Zürcher: ISBN 3-8593-2002-5.
- Vitudurum. Beiträge zum römischen Oberwinterthur, Volumes 1–9, published by Kantonsarchäologie Zürich, 1984–2001.
- Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte (Publisher), SPM V. Römische Zeit (2002) p. 403–404.
References
- ^ a b c Andreas Zürcher (2013-08-03). "Vitudurum" (in German). HDS. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ^ a b "Römische Siedlung bei Grabungen in Winterthur entdeckt" (in German). Limmattaler Zeitung. 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ^ "Weitere Grabungen in frühmittelalterlicher Siedlung in Winterthur" (in German). Limmattaler Zeitung. 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ Clauss / Slaby EDCS, corporated by Anne Kolb. "CIL XIII, 5249, Vitudurum" (in German). Epigraphik-Datenbank. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
- ^ Helmut Maurer: Konstanz im Mittelalter: 1. Von den Anfängen bis zum Konzil. Stadler, Konstanz, 1989, p. 71.
- ^ "Museumspädagogik" (in German). Stadt Winterthur. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
- ^ "A-Objekte KGS-Inventar" (PDF). Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Amt für Bevölkerungsschutz. 2015-01-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
- ^ "Bundesgesetz über den Natur- und Heimatschutz (NHG)" (PDF) (in German). Hochbaudepartement Stadt Zürich. 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
External links
- Andreas Zürcher: Vitudurum in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 3 August 2013.