🏛️ Ettlingen-Portus
Roman auxiliary fort and settlement in southwestern Germany
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Ettlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.889°N, 8.711°E)
- Period: 1st–3rd century CE, Roman frontier era
- Site type: Auxiliary fort (castrum) with civilian settlement (vicus)
- Current status: Archaeological remains with museum exhibits and reconstructions
Ettlingen-Portus was a Roman auxiliary fort established along the upper Rhine frontier during the 1st century CE. The site served as a military installation and trading hub, occupied intermittently until the 3rd century during the Limites period. Today, archaeological investigation and partial reconstruction efforts preserve evidence of Roman military organization, local trade networks, and cultural exchange in this region of the Rhine-Neckar frontier ...