Listed 32 sub titles with search on: Information about the place for wider area of: "SWITZERLAND Country EUROPE" .
GENEVA (Town) SWITZERLAND
Geneva or Genava. The modern Geneva; the last town of the Allobroges, on the frontiers of the Helvetii, situated on the south bank of the Rhone, at the spot where the river flows out of the Lacus Lemannus. There was a bridge here over the Rhone.
TIGURINI (Ancient tribe) SWITZERLAND
Tigurini, a tribe of the Helvetii, who joined the Cimbri in invading the country of the Allobroges in Gaul, where they defeated the consul L. Cassius Longinus, B.C. 107. They formed in the time of Caesar the most important of the four cantons (pagi) into which the Helvetii were divided.
WINDISCH (Town) SWITZERLAND
Vindonissa, now Windisch; a town in Gallia Belgica, on the triangular tongue of land between the Aar and Reuss. It was an important Roman fortress in the country of the Helvetii ( Hist.iv. 61 Hist., 70). Some Roman remains are still to be seen here, among them the traces of an amphitheatre, an aqueduct, and the foundations of walls.
GENEVA (Town) SWITZERLAND
LAUSANNE (Town) SWITZERLAND
Receive our daily Newsletter with all the latest updates on the Greek Travel industry.
Subscribe now!
