Editing History of Liechtenstein (section)

==Antiquity==
{{main|Switzerland in the Roman era}}
The area that is now Liechtenstein was part of the Roman province of [[Rhaetia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beattie |first1=David |title=Liechtenstein : a modern history |date=2004 |publisher=Van Eck |location=Triesen |isbn=3-905501-62-7 |pages=2}}</ref> A [[Roman Empire|Roman]] road crossed the region from south to north, traversing the Alps by the [[Splügen Pass]] and, following the right bank of the [[Rhine]] at the edge of the floodplain, was uninhabited for long lengths of time because of periodic flooding.  [[Roman Empire|Roman]] villas  have been excavated in [[Schaanwald]]<ref name="smith">{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=J.T. |title=Roman villas : A study in social structure |date=February 2011 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=9780415620116 |page=283}}</ref> and [[Nendeln]].<ref name="Baedeker">{{cite book |last1=Baedeker |first1=Karl |title=The eastern Alps : including the Bavarian highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, and Istria : handbook for travellers |date=1891 |publisher=Dulau |location=London |page=265}}</ref> The late Roman influx of the [[Alemanni]] from the north is memorialized by the remains of a Roman fort at [[Schaan]].