We visited a town nearby where Claude and Elisabeth live where Roman ruins have been discovered. The town Augusta Raurica was first begun around 15BC, existing until around 320AD. In 250AD, a large earthquake, and then warfare soon made the city mostly uninhabited. In the picture of the theatre, we are standing where the statue of the God they worshipped at the time would have been.
In the picture of the snow, we are walking along the Rhine going to a place where they believe baptisms were carried out after Christianity arrived in about 310 AD. Christianity arrived in the city via traveling salesmen (traders) but was reinforced later by monks from IONA (Scottish monestary still active) who brought more formal teaching and doctrine.
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