Traces of the Early Bronze Age settlement are observed at the location. The city was Launched for a Roman colony (Augusta Vindelicorum) by Nero Claudius Drusus, youthful brother of Tiberius (later on emperor), in 15 bce. It was the seat of the bishopric by 739 ce, and the invading Hungarians were being decisively defeated by King Otto I in 955 to t