page_title: Augusta Raurica
section_title: Museum and Roman house
hierarchical_section_title: Augusta Raurica / Augusta Raurica today / Museum and Roman house
caption_attribution_description: English: Silver Treasure - Roman Museum - Augusta Raurica - August 2013 This file was uploaded with Commonist.
context_page_description: Augusta Raurica is a Roman archaeological site and an open-air museum in Switzerland located on the south bank of the Rhine river about 20 km east of Basel near the villages of Augst and Kaiseraugst. It is the site of the oldest known Roman colony on the Rhine.
context_section_description: The Roman Museum houses the most important finds from the Roman city and presents the history of Augusta Raurica.  In the museum, visitors will often find special exhibits, as well as most the significant archaeological find at Augusta Raurica: the silver treasure of Kaiseraugst.  This treasure hoard was found in the fortress in 1961–1962, and it is presumed to have once been the property of a commander.  The museum also has a reconstruction of a Roman house, with artifacts and reconstructions showing daily domestic and commercial life from the Roman period.
caption: Silver treasure of Kaiseraugst
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