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From the fort Comagena are today
still some remains visible. The Salzturm (salt tower) formerly was a horseshoe tower of the western wall. The
porta principalis
dextra (right
camp gate) is preserved in a protection building. The southwest
fan tower is also to be seen in a protection building, as also a short part of the southern wall. Further
parts of this wall should be visible in modern houses.
The complete northern wall was, where the Danube runs today.
Under the former Minoriten monastery medieval buildings are preserved. Here also were discovered some pits of the vicus (fort village) that mainly was, however, in the south of the fort. In the museum are shown many finds from the fort and the vicus.
Already under Marcus Ulpius Traianus (98 - 117) the conversion in stone of the timber-turf-fort from the (presumable) time of Titus Flavius Domitianus (AD 81 - 96) began.
In the late 4th century AD the fort was inhabited more and more by the civilian population. The protection occurs at the end only through weak boundary troops which were recruited from Teuton federated.
The fort was abandoned presumable in the time of the Rugier campaigns (AD 487 / 488). The resettlement occurred presumably around AD 790.