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Some remains were found of houses, baths, workshops and a cellar with amphoras, but not of public buildings such as a theatre.
Plan of Genava from the first to the third century. Drack-Fellmann 1988, Abb. 374.
1: bridge; 2: former Celtic settlement; 3: Roman settlement; 4: aqueduct;
5: villa Sécheron; 6: villa La Grange; 7: intersection Carouge; 8: harbour.
Plan of a cellar with amphoras, discovered in 1852. Deonna 1942, Fig. 67.Public buildings, especially temples, are documented however through many inscriptions. Among the gods is the protective deity of the city, the personification Genava. Mithras appears as Deus Invictus in an inscription from 201 AD. Two inscriptions record a donation of water basins to the villagers of Genava. It has been argued that some architectural remains originate from Nyon, for example an inscribed block of an honorary arch.
GENAVAE AVG(ustae)
AVRELIA M(arci) FIL(ia)
FIRMINA
T(estamento) S(uo) P(oni) I(ussit)To Genava Augusta,
Aurelia Firmina,
daughter of Marcus,
ordered to place this by will.Statue base of limestone.
H. 1.00, w. 0.61.
170-250 AD.
EDCS-13302016.
Photo: Musée d'art et d'histoire, Genève.
DEO INVICTO
GENIO LOCI
FIRMIDIVS SE
VERINVS MIL(es)
LEG(ionis) VIII AVG(ustae) P(iae) F(idelis)
C(onstantis) C(ommodianae) STIP(endiorum) XXVI ARAM
EX VOTO PRO SALVTE
SVA V(otum) S(olvit) L(ibens) M(erito) POSITA
MVCIANO ET FABIANO CO(n)S(ulibus)To the unconquered god,
to the Genius of the place,
Firmidius
Severinus, soldier
of the 8th Legion Augusta, Pious, Faithful,
Steadfast, of Commodus, after 26 years of service, the altar,
in pursuance of a vow, for his well-being,
placed, willingly and deservedly fulfilling the vow,
during the consulate of Mucianus and Fabianus.Altar of limestone.
H. 1.00, w. 0.53, d. 0.42.
201 AD. EDCS-09201039.
Photo: Musée d'art et d'histoire, Genève.
Introduction
The first to third century
The harbours
Late antiquity
Christianity
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