Augusta Treverorum

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Augusta Treverorum was the Roman city that became a major imperial residence and administrative center in the late Roman Empire, located at the site of modern-day Trier in Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman imperial residence
ancient Roman city
provincial capital
connectedBy Roman roads
country Roman Empire
defensiveFeature city walls
fortifications
economicActivity craft production
trade
foundedBy Augustus
surface form: Emperor Augustus

Romans
foundedInCentury 1st century BC
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site (Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier)
hasStructure Aula Palatina
Barbarathermen
Imperial palace of Trier
Kaiserthermen
Porta Nigra
Roman bridge of Trier
amphitheatre of Trier
cathedral complex of Trier
inhabitedBy Treveri
language Latin
laterKnownAs Treveris
Trier
locatedIn Belgica Prima
Gallia Belgica
Germania Superior
locatedInPresentDay Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
Trier
locatedOn Moselle River
namedAfter Augustus
surface form: Emperor Augustus
partOf Tetrarchic imperial system
precededBy Treveri oppidum
religion Roman paganism
early Christianity
servedAs administrative center
capital of Belgica Prima
capital of Gallia Belgica
imperial residence
status major urban center in the western Roman Empire
timePeriod High Empire
Late Antiquity
surface form: late Roman Empire
usedBy Constantinus Magnus
surface form: Constantine the Great

Constantius Chlorus
Maximian
Valentinian I

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Gallic Empire capital Augusta Treverorum
Diocletian's Tetrarchy capitalCity Augusta Treverorum
Trier wasRomanName Augusta Treverorum