Colonia Iulia Equestris

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Colonia Iulia Equestris was a Roman colony founded by Julius Caesar on the site of modern-day Nyon in present-day Switzerland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman colony
ancient city
countryToday Switzerland
foundedBy Gaius Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
foundedFor Roman cavalry veterans
Roman veterans
governedBy Roman magistrates
hasAlternativeName Colonia Equestris
Nyon (Roman town)
hasArchaeologicalRemains Roman villas
amphitheatre
city walls
forum
inscriptions
temples
hasCulturalPeriod Roman period
hasEtymology Equestris refers to cavalry or equestrian settlers
Gens Iulia
surface form: Iulia refers to the Julian family of Caesar
hasFunction administrative center
commercial center
military colony
hasHeritageStatus archaeological site
hasLatinName Colonia Iulia Equestris self-link
hasMunicipalStatus colonia
hasType colonia civium Romanorum
hasUrbanFeature orthogonal street plan
public baths
inhabitedBy Roman citizens
Roman veterans
locatedIn Helvetia
Nyon
Switzerland
Canton of Vaud
surface form: canton of Vaud
locatedNear Geneva
Lake Geneva
Lancy
surface form: Lousonna
locatedOn northern shore of Lake Geneva
modernSite Nyon
namedAfter Julius Caesar
partOf Roman Empire
Gallia Narbonensis
surface form: province of Gallia Narbonensis

province of Germania Superior
region Western Switzerland
surface form: western Switzerland
strategicRole control of routes along Lake Geneva
romanization of the Helvetii territory
successorSettlement medieval town of Nyon
timePeriod late Roman Republic

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Nyon wasRomanColonyNamed Colonia Iulia Equestris
Colonia Iulia Equestris archaeological site administrativeCenterOf Colonia Iulia Equestris
this entity surface form: ancient Colonia Iulia Equestris
Colonia Iulia Equestris hasLatinName Colonia Iulia Equestris self-link