119:(length 2,750m) were backed by an earth rampart and fronted by a ditch. They were built in the early 3rd century AD and surrounded the settlement in an irregular square. Seven gates and interval towers are known...Immediately to the west of the fort two large buildings stood, linked by a common portico. The (63 x 70 m) inn (praetorium) centred on a large courtyard around which 62 small, mostly square rooms were arranged. A small bath was added in the east wing. The complex was built in the early 2nd century and the (64 x 36m) East Baths (Ostthermen) consisted of a front section, arranged around a porticoed courtyard and a rear area, which contained the heated bathing suite. In the space between the East Baths and the ditch of the former fort, a large (5.6 x 0.9m) foundation was found and it has been suggested that it (and a relief showing lictors) belonged to an honorific arch...Nida was provided with a second set of luxuriously appointed public baths at the (45 x 68m) Westthermen, which had cold, warm and hot baths in two sequences. The theatre (diam. 54m), in the south of the settlement, was entered through a stone passage, although the rest of the structure was timber built. It seated 1,000 - 1,500 spectators but it is unclear whether it was built during or after the fort phase. Four sanctuaries have been found, all in the form of mithraea.
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The remains of Nida survived for centuries afterwards and were visible in the so-called
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The fortifications were connected by a military road, now known as "Elisabethenstrasse". A second supply route was the water: the Main and Nidda rivers served mainly for the transport of goods and materials. To secure the waterway, a fortress in
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Little remains of Nida above ground today: two pottery kilns, a well, and a little portion of the city walls with some doorsteps can be seen. Most of the movable finds are in the archaeological museum in
Frankfurt. In 2016 the main temple centre of Nida was found nearly unharmed north to the still
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The settlement covered 45ha. The road system of the civitas capital reflected the streets of the earlier military vicus. This resulted in an irregular street grid without rectangular insulae. Two street names are known from inscriptions: platea praetoria and platea vici novi. The stone defences
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project, a new residential suburb, in 1927-9 and was completed during the "Nordweststadt" building project from 1961 to 1973, so the garden concept of the "Römerstadt" led to considerable less damage to underground structures compared to the "Nordweststadt" of the 60s.
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Extensive underground remains, with walls several metres high, were known to have survived untouched in the field and were subject of a few archaeological excavations, that found pottery, fibulas & statues & a beautiful helm.
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in 110 AD. Indeed the town grew into an important civilian settlement, and after the withdrawal of troops to the Limes around 110 AD, became the main town of the "Civitas
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Romans, Celts & Germans: the German provinces of Rome
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