Although there was no Tyrolean People's Frontthe quote from Life of Brian could also have been used in pre-Christian Innsbruck:

"Apart from medicine, sanitation, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, water treatment and public health insurance, what, I ask you, have the Romans ever done for us?"

Innsbruck was also under the influence of the Roman Empire for centuries. The area east of the province of Gaul was gradually conquered by the Romans under Emperor Augustus. This was intended to prevent invasions by Celts and Raetians into the upper Italian region of the Roman Empire and at the same time connect the Roman provinces on the Adriatic with the provinces in the western Alps. In the year 15 BC, the generals Tiberius and Drusus, both stepsons of Emperor Augustus, conquered the Inn Valley from the west and south. The Inn Valley was important for transport, transit and trade on the outer edge of this economic area.

The transport route between the Seefeld saddle and the Brenner Pass already existed before the Roman conquest. The Romans gradually built this Via Raetia from. Just over five metres wide, it ran from the Brenner Pass to the Ferrariwiese, where the court, the Sonnenburg, was later to stand, over the Isel mountain to the present day Gasthaus Haymon. The military camp was accessible via this road network Castell Veldidena into an economic area stretching from Great Britain to the Baltic States and North Africa. The Via Raetia solved the Via Claudia Augustawhich connected Italy and Bavaria via the Reschen Pass and Fern Pass, as the most important transport route across the Alps. One of the Roman milestones can be seen in the Wiesengasse near the Tivoli stadium.

Today's Tyrol was divided at the river Ziller. The area east of the Ziller became part of the province of Noricum, Innsbruck hingegen wurde ein Teil der Provinz Raetien. It stretched from today's central Switzerland with the Gotthard massif in the west to the Alpine foothills north of Lake Constance, the Brenner in the south and the Ziller in the east. The Ziller has remained a border in the division of Tyrol in terms of church law to this day. The area east of the Ziller belongs to the diocese of Salzburg, while Tyrol west of the Ziller belongs to the diocese of Innsbruck.

The Romans brought many of their cultural achievements such as glass and brick production, the Latin language, bathhouses, thermal baths, schools and wine across the Brenner Pass. The area around Innsbruck was Romanised. Veldidena was bordered by the Sill to the east, the Südring to the north and the Stafflerstraße to the west. Four mighty watchtowers and a wall over 2 metres thick surrounded the castle, where more than 500 soldiers were stationed. A trading post, a village with a tavern and craftsmen's centre were built around the military camp.

The most important remnant of the Roman Empire in Tyrol was the religion and the model of society that was associated with it. After Christianity became the state religion in the 4th century, the Tyrolean region was also proselytised. The saints of Christianity replaced the polytheism. Ancient festivals such as the winter solstice, harvest traditions and the beginning of spring were integrated into the Christian calendar and replaced by Christmas, All Saints' Day and Easter. Legendary figures such as the Saligen Fräulein were also worshipped by devout Christians. The deified Roman emperors were replaced by monarchy and aristocracy. The Christian church father St Paul in his Letter to the Romans the theological basis for the feudal system that was carried from the church pulpit to the people:

Jedermann sei untertan der Obrigkeit, die Gewalt über ihn hat. Denn es ist keine Obrigkeit außer von Gott; wo aber Obrigkeit ist, ist sie von Gott angeordnet. Darum: Wer sich der Obrigkeit widersetzt, der widerstrebt Gottes Anordnung; die ihr aber widerstreben, werden ihr Urteil empfangen. Denn die Gewalt haben, muss man nicht fürchten wegen guter, sondern wegen böser Werke. Willst du dich aber nicht fürchten vor der Obrigkeit, so tue Gutes, dann wirst du Lob von ihr erhalten. Denn sie ist Gottes Dienerin, dir zugut. Tust du aber Böses, so fürchte dich; denn sie trägt das Schwert nicht umsonst. Sie ist Gottes Dienerin und vollzieht die Strafe an dem, der Böses tut. Darum ist es notwendig, sich unterzuordnen, nicht allein um der Strafe, sondern auch um des Gewissens willen. Deshalb zahlt ihr ja auch Steuer; denn sie sind Gottes Diener, auf diesen Dienst beständig bedacht.

There is hardly anything left of Roman Innsbruck in the cityscape. Exhibits can be admired in the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum. In various excavation projects, burial sites and remains such as walls, coins, bricks and everyday objects from the Roman period in Innsbruck were found around today's Wilten Abbey. The centre of the Leuthauses next to the monastery dates back to Roman times.