Turicum

Turicum was a Gallo-Roman settlement at the lower end of Lake Zurich, and precursor of the city of Zurich [1]. The core of the Helvetic and Roman settlement was the Lindenhof hill in the present Altstadt of the modern city of Zurich [1]. The earliest record of the town's name is preserved on the 2nd-century tombstone found in 1747 AD on the Lindenhof hill [1]. The Roman settlement first belonged to the province of Gallia Belgica, and to Germania Superior from AD 90 [1]. In Turicum a duty of 2.5% (Quadragesima Galliarum) was levied [1]. Archaeologically excavated are the remains of public baths (Thermengasse), graves and traces of craft enterprises, residential buildings, as well as everyday objects and jewelry, but also of cult equipment [1].