Kastel is the only place in Hessen, which still bears his Roman name. The word is derived from Kastel "Castellum Mattiacorum. That was the former securing the protection of the Roman crossing of the Rhine near Mainz. Sometimes in 10 BC Drusus the campaigns for the conquest of Germania, built the Mainz legions a wooden bridge. From the first probably also built of wood Fort known no residue. The wooden bridge head fort was apparently to receive four emperors in 69 AD, it was probably destroyed. By 71 AD, a small stone fort was built with an area of approximately 0.7 hectares and now renewed the Rhine bridge of stone. In addition to the stone fort was built a camp village (Vicus) immediately north and east by the castle and then to the triumphal arch. Lying in a very convenient location Vicus grew up in the peaceful decades of the 2nd Century beyond its original boundaries. He received a magnificent Thermenbau that was connected to the aqueduct of Vicus. Kastel was in the middle of the 3rd Century, destroyed by the Germans. Around 300 AD, became the "Castellum Mattiacorum" once more its old importance as a bridgehead fortifications. At that time the Roman bridge over the Rhine was restored on the right bank of the Rhine, and required a military security. The fate of this bridge head attachment is unknown. From their area a treasure trove came from the early 5th Century to the fore, considered to be the latest fund Romans Hesse.
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