Kastell Straubing - Sorviodurum, Straubing

The forts of Straubing, the ancient Sorviodurum, are the collective name for a multi-period Roman garrison site on the territory of the city of Straubing in Lower Bavaria. The name is of Celtic origin, it referred to a nearby Celtic settlement from pre-Roman times, where the Romans established an important military base of the Rhaetian Danube border in the second half of the first century AD. The base lasted until the late Roman period. It was provided with a Danube harbor and surrounded by a large-scale vicus, which was probably of great importance as a central market place for the surrounding area.