AUGUSTA RAURACORUM
AUGUSTA RAURACORUM (
Augst), the chief town of the Rauraci, who bordered on the Helvetii. (
Caes. Gal. 1.5.) A Roman colony was settled here by L. Munatius Plancus, in the time of Augustus, as is proved by an inscription. (
Plin. Nat. 4.17, ed. Hard. note.) Ammianus (14.10) gives it the name Rauracum, and fixes its position on the border of the Rhine.
The town suffered from the Alemanni, and was reduced to a mere fort, Castrum Rauracense.
Angst is in the canton of Bâle, six miles east of Bâle, and on the left bank of the Rhine.
It is now a village.
In the sixteenth century there were still many remains of Augusta, and among them a large amphitheatre. [
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