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Mogontiacum: czynniki rozwoju
Mogontiacum: the development factors

Author(s): Leszek Mrozewicz
Subject(s): History
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Mogontiacum; legion; tumulus; canabae; vicus; theatre; Drusus the Elder; Germanicus; imperial cult; honorific arch

Summary/Abstract: The history of Mogontiacum spans the period from 17/16 BCE to the end of the fourth century CE. It was a strong military base (with two legions stationed there in the first century) and a major settlement centre, though without municipal rights. However, the demographic and economic development, as well as the superior administrative and political status enabled Mogontiacum to transform – in socio-economic and urbanistic terms – into a real city. This process was crowned in the latter half of the third century with the construction of the city walls.

  • Issue Year: XXXI/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 169-178
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish