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Aguntum
46.8272° N, 12.8231° E
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The ruins of Aguntum are an ancient Roman site in East Tirol, Austria, located approximately 4 km east of Lienz in the Drau valley. The city appears to have been built to exploit the local sources of iron, copper, zinc and gold. During the early Christian era, the city was the site of a bishopric, which, having ceased to be a residential diocese, is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.
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Bathhouse first built
1st century AD
Earliest wooden structure
mid-1st century BC
Bathhouse destroyed by fire
late 1st century AD
Bathhouse rebuilt and extended
2nd–3rd centuries AD
Marcomanni Wars (possible wall reason)
c. 170 AD
Coin dated to AD 452 (Attila sack)
AD 452
Bishopric founded
c. 500 AD
Bishopric suppressed
c. 600 AD
Battle and destruction
610
Veit Netlich account
1599
Marble slab naming Aguntum
1882
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