Remains of Empire: fourth century stones from a Roman fortress.
A Gallo-Roman settlement arose here in the first century AD at the crossing point of two important roads - Worms-Metz and Strasbourg-Trier. To improve communications, a stone bridge across the Saar was constructed and in the fourth century work started on a military camp, whose ruins can be seen above. It is thought that the fortress was never fully completed. By the fifth century it had been destroyed and the bridge, too, fell into disrepair. For ten centuries after that ferries and fords were only way to cross the Saar.
Nice stones! I like stones!
ReplyDeleteInteresting set up for your blog. I enjoyed browsing through your posts. We should plan a trip to Saarland sometime.
ReplyDeleteI like the perspective (again, ;-))
ReplyDeletewhat a legacy the Romans left behind; the Roman Wall here has many activities happening over this weekend: see www.livingfrontier.com
ReplyDeletethis too will pass: thanks for the link. I remember visiting all those Roman forts as a boy. In those days, you could still walk along the top of Hadrian's wall -- in the footsteps of the Roman soldiers.
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