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Argentorātum

The modern city of Strasburg; a Roman municipium in Gallia Belgica, on the Rhine. The Romans had a manufactory of arms here; and here, also, the emperor Julian defeated the Alemanni. In the sixth century we find it called Stratisburgium, whence comes the modern name.

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