The cohort fort of Remagen/Rigomagus is strategically located on a middle terrace of the Rhine at the foothills of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. Here there was a good view to the west in the direction of Bonn, to the north to the opposite bank of the Rhine and to the east in the direction of the Vinxtbach valley, which in Roman times formed the administrative border between the provinces of Lower Germania and Upper Germania.

The fort was founded around the turn of the century and existed until the end of the 4th century, probably even into the 5th century. Archaeologically, four construction phases can be identified.

Inscriptions have so far provided evidence of five different troops that were stationed in the fort and came from different parts of the Roman Empire. The fort included a large civilian settlement/vicus, as well as several burial grounds. The civilian settlement extended to the east of the fort.

The entire area of the fort, civilian settlement and burial grounds is now almost completely built over by the modern city. The enclosing wall of the fort can be visited at several places in the city centre. In the basement of the Roman Museum, column foundations of the porticus of the administrative buildings, the principia, have been preserved. In the cellar of a building (Kirchstr. 5) are the remains of a room with floor and wall heating (hypocaustum). This originally belonged to the camp commander's residence (praetorium).

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