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Also known as Caesar Augusta, César Augusta, Cæsaraugusta, Cesaraugusta

Caesaraugusta or Caesar Augusta was the name of the Roman city of Zaragoza, founded as a Colonia Inmune from Rome in 14 BC, possibly on December 23, on the intensely Romanized Iberian city of Salduie. Its foundation occurred in the context of the reorganization of the provinces of Hispania by Caesar Augustus after his victory in the Astur-Cantabrian wars. thumb|Caesaraugusta on modern plan of the city 1.- Decumano (present-day Calle Mayor, Calle Espoz y Mina and Calle Manifestación). 2.- Cardo (present-day Calle Don Jaime I) 3.- Forum of Caesaraugusta 4.- Fluvial port 5.- Public baths 6.- The

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Former subdivision.common_name
Caesaraugusta
Former subdivision.image_map
Augusto Prima Porta (Zaragoza).jpg
Former subdivision.year_start
14 b.C.
Former subdivision.government_type
Roman Empire
Former subdivision.political_subdiv
Tarraconense
Former subdivision.subdivision
Conventus Caesaraugustanus

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Museo del Teatro Romano de Caesaraugusta.42.jpg
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native label
Colonia Caesar Augusta
short name
Caesaraugusta
Commons category
Caesaraugusta
inception
0014-12-23
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
0472-00-00
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21 sections
Contents
  • The foundation as an inmune mixed colony
  • Wall
  • Bridge
  • Augustan Forum
  • Hydraulic equipment
  • High-Imperial Administration
  • 1st century A.D.
  • Forum of Tiberius
  • Theater
  • Other public works: temples and baths
  • Ceramics
  • Late 1st century A.D.
  • 2nd century A.D.
  • 3rd century A.D.
  • Late Antiquity (284-408 A.D.)
  • Low-Imperial Administration
  • The arrival of Christianity
  • The fall of the Empire (408-472 A.D.)
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Caesaraugusta or Caesar Augusta was the name of the Roman city of Zaragoza, founded as a Colonia Inmune from Rome in 14 BC, possibly on December 23, on the intensely Romanized Iberian city of Salduie. Its foundation occurred in the context of the reorganization of the provinces of Hispania by Caesar Augustus after his victory in the Astur-Cantabrian wars. thumb|Caesaraugusta on modern plan of the city 1.- Decumano (present-day Calle Mayor, Calle Espoz y Mina and Calle Manifestación). 2.- Cardo (present-day Calle Don Jaime I) 3.- Forum of Caesaraugusta 4.- Fluvial port 5.- Public baths 6.- Theater 7.- Wall

The new city received the name of "Colonia Caesar Augusta". It enjoyed the privilege of bearing the full name of its founder, who entrusted its deductio, like many other tasks of the Empire, to his general and close friend Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.

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