Atuatuca Eburonum
Sign in to saveAtuatuca (or Aduatuca) is the name of two ancient fortified settlements located in the eastern part of modern Belgium, between the Scheldt and Rhine rivers. The oldest one, Atuatuca Eboronum, attested during the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC), was the stronghold of the Eburones. The other one, Atuatuca Tungrorum (modern Tongeren), founded around 10 BC, was the Roman-era capital of the Civitas Tungrorum, inhabited by the Tungri.
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Atuatuca (or Aduatuca) is the name of two ancient fortified settlements located in the eastern part of modern Belgium, between the Scheldt and Rhine rivers. The oldest one, Atuatuca Eboronum, attested during the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC), was the stronghold of the Eburones. The other one, Atuatuca Tungrorum (modern Tongeren), founded around 10 BC, was the Roman-era capital of the Civitas Tungrorum, inhabited by the Tungri.
== Name == === Attestations === ==== Atuatuca Eburonum ==== The place name Atuatuca is first mentioned in the mid-first century BC by Julius Caesar to designate the stronghold of the Eburones: "...he [Caesar] concentrated the baggage of all the legions at Aduatuca. That is the name of a fort (castellum) situated almost in the middle of the territory of the Eburones."