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22 INTRODUCING BUD APEST
Early Settlers
Traces of settlements in the region by the Scythians and the
Celtic Eravi date from around 400 BC onwards. In the 1st
century AD, the Romans conquered the area as their province
of Pannonia and soon estab lished Aquincum (see pp166–7)
within the limits of the modern city. Little evi dence remains
of the next rulers, the Huns, who were followed by the Goths
and the Longobards. For nearly three centuries, starting in Extent of the City
around AD 600, the Avars were pre-eminent. In 896, the AD 300 Today
Magyars swept into the region and laid claim to what
would later become the Hungarian state.
Bronze Decorations
In the 2nd century AD, Roman carts
were often decorated with bronze
plaques. This example depicts
(from left): a satyr, Bacchus,
god of wine and Pan, god
of shepherds, under a
palm frond. It was found
in Somodor.
Workshops and
shops, known as
tabernae, were
enclosed and faced
onto the street.
The Sun God Mithras
The Persian god Mithras was
adopted by the Eravi and his Reconstruction of
cult survived into the Roman the Macellum
period. This bronze image dates
from 2nd–3rd centuries AD. This solidly built, square market
hall was the focus for trade in the
Roman town of Aquincum. At its
centre was a courtyard with stalls,
shops and workshops built around.
10,000 BC Remains
dating from the Silver Celtic coin dating c. 50 BC Celtic Eravi settlement c. AD 100 The
Palaeolithic era indicate from the 4th century BC on Gellért Hill (see pp92–3) town of
the existence of a 400 BC Aquincum is
settlement in the 800 BC Tombs with Iron Age Scythians in the established by
Remeda Cave in Buda urns at Pünkösdfürdő region the Romans
10,000 5000 1000 AD 1
5000 BC Stone Age AD 89 Romans establish a
settlements in Talxina and permanent army camp in
along the Danube modern-day Óbuda
Scythian ornamental AD 106 Aquincum becomes the capital of the
gold stag Roman province of Lower Pannonia
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Eyewitness Travel LAYERS PRINTED:
Starsight history template “UK” LAYER
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Date 7th January 2013
Size 125mm x 217mm
