ALTIAIENSIUM
(Alzey) Rhineland Palatinate, Germany.
The Roman name of the vicus appears
in inscriptions. Remains of a large castellum built between 357 and 370 have been preserved. Many altars
and reliefs of Herakles, Mercury, Vulcan, and Venus
from the foundations of a building within the castellum
are to be found in the Alzey museum. The square castellum had walls 3 m thick, each 170 m long, two gateways, probably 14 towers, and was further reinforced
by an angular ditch 11 m from the wall.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
E. Anthes & W. Unverzagt, “Das Kastell
Alzei,”
BonnerJbb 122 (1912) 137-69; W. Unverzagt,
“Ein neuer Gesamtplan vom Römerkastell Alzey (Rheinhessen),”
Germania 38 (1960) 393-403; B. Stümpel,
Alzeyer Geschichtsblätter I (1964) 48ff; H. Klumbach,
“Alzey zur Römerzeit,”
Führer zu vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Denkmälern 12 (1969) 214-18
P.
H. BULLINGER