of the size of the Roman city – with several marble pools separated from the walls of the rooms in which they stand, to allow hot air to circulate under and around them. This is the largest Roman bath complex so far discovered in Austria and was first constructed during the reign of Tiberius, but was destroyed in the late first century AD by a fire. It was reconstructed in a more "modern" style and further extended in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. A forum has been uncovered, to one side of which stands a circular building, possibly part of the so-called "Ostentatious Building". The building itself is square, but an interior wall marks out a large circle which is floored with multi-coloured marble slabs. The perimeter of the circle is divided into a number of chambers. Across the middle of the floor – and probably a later insertion as the building fell into disuse - is a narrow channel whose purpose is not clearly understood. Ecclesiastical history A Catholic bishopric was founded around 500 AD, as a suffragan of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aquileia, which meanwhile became a princely patriarchate. It was suppressed around 600. It was nominally revived as a titular see of the (lowest) episcopal rank in 1968, which so far had three successive incumbents: Francis Joseph Gossman (1968.07.15 – 1975.04.08) Josef Plöger (1975.05.09 – 2005.04.22) Romuald Kamiński (2005.06.08 – present), Auxiliary Bishop of Ełk (Poland) References Richard Stillwell, ed. Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, 1976: "Aguntum, East Tyrol, Austria" External links Gigacatholic, with titular incumbents list linking to biographies Description of the site Buildings and structures in Tyrol (state) Former populated places in Austria 1st-millennium establishments in Austria Roman towns and cities in Austria Archaeological sites in Austria Catholic titular sees in Europe Museums in Tyrol (state) Museums of ancient Rome in Austria Archaeological museums in Austria