Roads, mountain passes, quarries - Aargau - Milestones

In Aargau three inscribed milestones have been found: between Brugg and Baden in Turgi-Unterwil, in the north-west in Mumpf, and in the east in Baden. They belong to the reigns of Trajan (99 AD), Antoninus Pius (138 AD) and Tacitus (275-276 AD). The first stone records 85 miles from Aventicum (Avenches VD), the second a lost distance from Augusta Raurica (Augst BL), and the third 56 leagues from Aventicum.

	IMP(eratori) CAESARI DIVI NERVAE F(ilio) NERVAE TRAIA NO AVG(usto) GERM(anico) PONT(ifici) MAX(imo) TRIB(unicia) POT(estate) CO(n)S(uli) II P(atri) P(atriae) DES(ignato) III M(ilia) P(assuum) LXXXV
	The milestone from Turgi-Unterwil. Photo: EDCS-12400337.

	IMP(eratori) C[aes(ari)] T(ito) AEL(io) [Hadr(iano) Anton] INO A[ug(usto) Pio co(n)s(uli) II] DE[sign(ato) III p(atri) p(atriae)] A(ugusta) R(aurica)
	The milestone from Mumpf. Photo: EDCS-12400338.

	IMP(eratori) C(aesari) M(arco) CL(audio) TACITO IN[v]IC(to) AVG(usto) P(ontifici) M(aximo) T(ribunicia) P(otestare) CO(n)[s(uli)] PROCO(n)S(uli) AV(entico) L(eugas) LVI
	The milestone from Baden. EDCS-12400336. Photo: Hartmann-Weber 1985, Abb. 32.

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Literature

Drack-Fellmann 1988, 622; Kolb et al. 2022, 491 nrs. 66, 67, 71.

[8-Oct-2023]