{"id":54325,"date":"2019-09-16T22:04:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T20:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/ammaia\/"},"modified":"2022-08-13T09:37:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T07:37:33","slug":"ammaia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/ammaia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ammaia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ammaia is a Roman city in central-eastern Portugal<\/a> (near Marvao), which was founded at the end of the 1st century BCE. The city covered an area of 25 ha, was inhabited by about 2,000 people and was a prosperous city in the province of Lusitania. The city was founded on the left bank of the Sever River. The land in this area is fertile, which guaranteed good yields; moreover, residents had very good access to drinking water.<\/p>\n

During the reign of Emperor Claudius<\/a>, Ammaia<\/em> received the status of civitas<\/em>; between the first and the middle of the second century CE in turn, it received the status of municipium<\/em>. The city was abandoned in the first half of the 6th century CE.<\/p>\n

Scientists have managed to extract several areas of cities from the ground:<\/p>\n

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  1. Entrance gate and accompanying walls; the remains of two towers have also survived. The gate was directed to the capital of Louisiana – Augusta Emerita<\/em> (current Merida).<\/li>\n
  2. A small thermal complex near the forum. Baths<\/a> had: a cloakroom, a room with hot and cold water, a small closed and a large open swimming pool;<\/li>\n
  3. Preserved remains of a Roman house<\/a>, with a kitchen, leaning against the city walls;<\/li>\n
  4. Forum and temple. This place was the center of political, social and economic life. Here was the basilica<\/a>, which was the place where court hearings were held and the curia<\/a> – the place of the authorities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    During excavations, numerous objects related to the burial, jewelry<\/a> and everyday life elements were excavated. These can be seen in the local museum.<\/p>\n\n\t\t