!!!Ovilava

Ovilava, Roman settlement mentioned in the  Peutingersche Tafel and in 
the  Itinerarium Antonini situated at the crossroads of 2 important 
traffic roads ( Roman Roads), the present city of Wels. Under Emperor 
Hadrian (117-138 A.D.) Ovilava became an autonomous city 
(Municipium Aelium Ovilavis), under Emperor Caracalla 
(211-217 A.D.) it was raised to the rank of "colonia" 
and became the Colonia Aurelia Antoniniana Ovilava. Seat of parts of 
the civil administration. A defence wall was erected in the 
3%%sup rd/%  century, comprising an area of 90 hectares. The 
inscription on the tombstone of Ursa, a devout Christian from the 
early 5%%sup th/%  century A.D., represents a monument to late antique 
ideals, which is unique in Austria. Finds in the town museum of Wels.

!Literature
R. Miglbauer, Wels-Ovilava, 1986; regular reports in 
the Jahrbuecher des Musealvereines Wels and in the Mitteilungen aus 
dem Stadtmuseum Wels.


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