page_title: Aventicum
hierarchical_section_title: Aventicum
caption_attribution_description: English: jurassic limestone objects (Gallo-Roman culture) Roman museum of Avenches/VD Deutsch: Objekte aus Jura-Kalkstein (gallo-römische Kultur) Musée romain in Avenches/VD Français&#160;: objets de calcaire jurassique (époque gallo-romaine) Musée romain d'Avenches/VD Español: Inscripciones romanas procedentes de Avenches (Suiza), correspondientes por orden de izquierda a derecha a: CIL XIII 5132: D(is) M(anibus)/ Flaviae Seve/rill(a)e qu(a)e v/ixit an(nos) XXXVI/ Flav(ius) Severinus/ coniux c/oniugi f(aciendum) c(uravit) F015421 CIL XIII 5135: D(is) M(anibus)/ D(ecimi) Iul(i)/ Iuni/ Iul(ia) Tit/ullin(a) ux(or)F015420 F023992 F023993 CIL XIII 5130: D(is) M(anibus)/ Marci/ Alpini/ Virilis F015414 F023994 CIL XIII 5136 (foto cortada): Iuliae Cen/sorinae/ Cn(aeus) Iul(ius) Cau/pius pater F015411 F015412 F015413 F023995 F023996 F028123 F028124 F016297
context_page_description: Aventicum was the largest town and capital of Roman Switzerland. Its remains are beside the modern town of Avenches.
  The city was probably created ex nihilo in the early 1st century AD, as the capital of the recently conquered territory of the Helvetii, across the road that connected Italy to Britain, built under Claudius. Under the rule of Emperor Vespasian, who grew up there, Aventicum was raised to the status of a colonia in 72 AD, whereupon it entered its golden age. The town wall was 5.6 km long but was impracticable for defensive purposes and was doubtless intended as a display of the status of the city.
  In the Christian era Aventicum was the seat of a bishopric. The most famous of its bishops was Marius Aventicensis. His terse chronicle, spanning the years 455 to 581, is one of the few sources for the 6th-century Burgundians. Shortly after the Council of Macon, in 585, Marius moved the seat from Aventicum, due to the rapid decline of the city, to Lausanne.
context_section_description: Aventicum was the largest town and capital of Roman Switzerland (Helvetia or Civitas Helvetiorum). Its remains are beside the modern town of Avenches.
  The city was probably created ex nihilo in the early 1st century AD, as the capital of the recently conquered territory of the Helvetii, across the road that connected Italy to Britain, built under Claudius. Under the rule of Emperor Vespasian, who grew up there, Aventicum was raised to the status of a colonia in 72 AD, whereupon it entered its golden age. The town wall was 5.6 km (3.5 mi) long but was impracticable for defensive purposes and was doubtless intended as a display of the status of the city.
  In the Christian era Aventicum was the seat of a bishopric. The most famous of its bishops was Marius Aventicensis. His terse chronicle, spanning the years 455 to 581, is one of the few sources for the 6th-century Burgundians. Shortly after the Council of Macon, in 585, Marius moved the seat from Aventicum, due to the rapid decline of the city, to Lausanne.
caption: Carved limestone objects from Aventicum
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