Vindonissa is the Roman name for Windisch in modern Switzerland. In 58 BC, the Helvetii tried to evade migratory pressure from Germanic tribes by moving into Gaul, but were stopped and defeated at Bibracte (near modern-day Autun) by Julius Caesar's armies and then sent back. In 15 BC, Tiberius and Drusus conquered the Alps, and the region became integrated into the Roman empire: the Helvetii settlement area became part first of Gallia Belgica and later of the province of Germania Superior, while the eastern part was integrated into the Roman province of Raetia. (source: wikipedia)

This Amphitheatre has "survived" from those times.


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