Col. Augusta Raurica
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G.D. Woolf
Creators: G.D. Woolf
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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History
Col. Augusta Raurica (modern Augst) was a Roman colony on the south bank of the Rhine established by Iulius Caesar and L. Munatius Plancus in 44 B.C.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/177494
47.533241, 7.722118
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 12054 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 21574 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Augst (modern)
- Avgvsta Rvracvm (Augusta Ruracum: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Col. Augusta Raurica (30 BC - AD 640)
- Col. Paterna Pia Apollinaris Augusta Emerita Raurica (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Rauraci (30 BC - AD 640)
- Col. Augusta Raurica connection Untitled (unspecified date range)
- Castrum Rauracense located near Col. Augusta Raurica (unspecified date range)
- Forum of Col. Augusta Raurica located at Col. Augusta Raurica (unspecified date range)
- Roman amphitheater at Augusta Raurica located at Col. Augusta Raurica (unspecified date range)
- Roman theater at Col. Augusta Raurica located at Col. Augusta Raurica (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- Augusta Raurica (website)
- BAtlas 18 E2 Col. Augusta Raurica
- EDH G007931: Augusta Rauricorum – Augst
- Forschungen in Augst
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 353,3 Augusta Rauracum
- ItMiller 55
- New Pauly Augusta [4]
- PECS (Perseus) AUGUSTA RAURICORUM (Augst) Baselland, Switzerland
- RE Augusta 18
- Römer Schweiz 323-37
- ToposText Augusta Raurica (Helvetia)
- Wikipedia (English) Augusta Raurica
- See Also:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 18 E2 Col. Augusta Raurica
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Augst SWI
G.D. Woolf, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Col. Augusta Raurica: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/177494> [accessed: 11 February 2026]
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