▁rivers ▁and ▁between ▁Man ch ing , ▁Ber ch ing , ▁and ▁other ▁settlement s ▁farther ▁down stream ▁on ▁the ▁Dan ube , ▁together ▁with ▁the ▁am ple ▁supply ▁of ▁wood ▁and ▁iron , ▁likely ▁were ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁its ▁existence . ▁ ▁Some ▁arch ae olog ists ▁think ▁that ▁the ▁site ▁is ▁better ▁thought ▁of ▁not ▁as ▁a ▁city , ▁but ▁as ▁a ▁w alled ▁" indust rial " ▁complex , ▁special izing ▁in ▁iron ▁production . ▁ ▁Ab andon ment ▁ ▁The ▁reasons ▁for ▁the ▁abandon ment ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁remain ▁unknown . ▁If ▁the ▁supp osition ▁that ▁Alc imo ennis ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁V ind el ici ▁is ▁correct , ▁then ▁the ▁city ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁abandoned ▁after ▁war ▁with ▁the ▁German ic ▁Mar com anni ▁tribe ▁that ▁moved ▁in ▁from ▁the ▁north . ▁This ▁nearly ▁destroyed ▁the ▁V ind el ici ▁as ▁a ▁people ▁and ▁left ▁their ▁infrastr ucture ▁in ▁a ▁sh amb les . ▁In ▁ 1 5 ▁B CE ▁the ▁Rom ans ▁defeated ▁and ▁incorpor ated ▁what ▁remained ▁of ▁the ▁V ind el ici ▁tribe ▁and ▁the ▁area ▁south ▁of ▁Arc imo enis ▁became ▁the ▁province ▁of ▁Ra et ia . ▁ ▁Later ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁site ▁M ining ▁continued ▁on ▁the ▁plate au ▁until ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges . ▁ ▁Following ▁victory ▁over ▁the ▁French ▁forces ▁of ▁Napoleon ▁in ▁the ▁Bef rei ung sk rie ge ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁nin ete enth ▁century , ▁the ▁Bav arian ▁King ▁Ludwig ▁I ▁had ▁the ▁monument al ▁Bef rei