Strasbourg | Archeological Museum

Strasbourg is a cathedral city on an island in the river Ill which flows into the Rhine, located in the Nord Est Region of northeastern France. It is noted for being the official seat of the European Parliament.
It was founded by Drusus the Elder in c.12 BCE as the Roman Frontier Fortress of Argentorate or Argentoratum in the Province of Germania Superior.

2 Place du Chateau, Strasbourg.
- The museum holds:
  - The Mausoleum of veteran Marcus Valerius Rufus and his brothers.
  - One segment of the Strasbourg Roman Aqueduct Pipeline.

Construction of the Cathedral started in 1015 with a Romanesque style, but was finished in 1439 in the style of Rayonnant Gothic Architecture.
It was the world’s tallest building from 1647 to 1874 (227 years).
Strasbourg cathedral and Strasbourg Historic Centre are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Although the Cathedral was constructed later, a Roman Bishop for Strasbourg, Amand, was recorded in 347 CE.

Strasbourg Cathedral

Because Argentorate was a Frontier city it was burnt several times in 70 CE, 97 CE, 235 CE and 355 CE.
Two Roman Legions are known to have been based at Argentoratum:
- Legio II Augusta (9-43 CE) before relocating to Britannia‘
- Legio VIII Augusta (70-371 CE)
The Alemanni
- In 357 CE, it was the location of the Battle of Argentoratum, where Julian defeated the Alemanni.
- In 366 CE, the Rhine froze and the Alemanni invaded again.
- By the beginning of the 5th century CE, the Alemanni had overrun Alsace.
Strasbourg Roman Aqueduct had an unusual design utilising two buried pipelines created by inserting terracotta pipe segments together. One segment is in the Strasbourg Archeological Museum.

Military Road
- A Roman Road ran along the west bank of the Rhine from the North Sea to Switzerland.

Strasbourg Archeological Museum