Elewijt vicus

About

In the Roman period there was an important settlement (vicus) on the territory of the present-day village of Elewiet (part of Zemst, Flemish Brabant, Belgium). It was located at the junction of a secondary road (deverticulum) with the major Roman road between Tongeren and Boulogne. In the early first century, a temporal military camp was built and not much later a village started to develop. At the end of the second century, the village was devastated by Germanic tribes, after which it was slowly built with a completely different ground plan. The vicus continued to exist as a village until the late third century, but did not recover from a second heavy attack at the end of this period. The present-day village of Elewiet developed half a mile south of the center of the vicus and cannot be seen as its successor.

Location: Elewijt was located on the major Roman road connecting the eastern city of Tongeren with the western city of Boulogne. Nearby vici were those of Tienen, Asse and Rumst.

References: De Laet, S. J. Stillwell, Richard; et al. (eds.). ELEWIJT Belgium. {{cite book}: