In the 5th century BC, a Celtic refuge and place of worship was built on the Heiligenberg, or 'Holy Mountain'. In 40 AD a fort was built and occupied by the Romans.
The Mithraeum of Osterburken could not be excavated bodily owing to the water of a well in the immediate neighbourhood. The monument had been covered carefully with sand.
The Celts are the first known to have settled in this place, which they called Binge, meaning rift. Roman troops stationed here in the first century AD rendered the local name as Bingium in Latin.
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, usually just called Colonia, was the Roman settlement in the Rhineland that became the modern city of Cologne, now in Germany. It was the capital of Germania Inferior and the military headquarters of the region.
Ladenburg is a town in northwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The town's history goes back to the Celtic and Roman Ages, when it was called Lopodunum.
The Roman castrum Mogontiacum, the forerunner of Mainz, was founded by the Roman general Drusus around 10 BC. It was an important military town throughout the Roman period. The town of Mogontiacum grew up between the fort and the Rhine.
Nida was an ancient Roman town in the area today occupied by the northwestern suburbs of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, specifically Frankfurt-Heddernheim, on the edge of the Wetterau region.
Rottenburg am Neckar; until 10 July 1964 only Rottenburg; Swabian: Raodaburg is a medium-sized town in the administrative district of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Rottenburg is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop, being the official centr
The monument was dedicated by two brothers, one of them being the Pater of his community.
TNMM519 – CIMRM 1243
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) / deo invicto / Mytrhe (sic!) ara/m ex voto dei / de suo impen/dio instituer(unt) / A(ulus) Gratius Iuven/is pater sacroru/m et A(ulus) Gratius Po/tens m(iles) l(egionis…
