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Sacrificial Altar
This altar, decorated with Where to See the
rams’ heads, dates from Early City
the Neolithic era. It was
found in Szeged. Some quite considerable relics
of the Roman legions that
were once stationed here can
be seen in modern Óbuda. The
remains of an amphitheatre are
near an un usual underground
museum (see p174), while
magnificent mosaics adorn the
Shell Necklace Hercules Villa (p175). Further up
Dating from the Neolithic the Danube are the ruins of
era, some 5,000 years ago, Aquincum itself (pp166–7).
this necklace was found in Here visitors can wander
Kisköre. It provides evidence around the remains of vari ous
of the early migration of buildings and enter a museum.
tribes and their developed On the Pest side of the river,
trade activities. just to the north of the Inner
City Parish Church, there is a
Butchers’ stalls small, open­air sec tion of
faced onto the The rotunda housed remains from Contra
courtyard. the weights and Aquincum (p126).
measures.

This Roman amphitheatre,
one of two in Aquincum, indi­
cates the status of the town.

The mosaic of Hercules
and Diana, which survives
Silver Augur’s Rod at the Hercules Villa, was
This instrument was used by probably im ported from
Roman priests for divination Alexandria during the 2nd
purposes. This one was found or 3rd century AD.
near Komárom, the site of a
3rd­century Roman town.

c. 140–60 Two 409 The Huns, c. 600–896 The Avars
amphitheatres are built under Attila, rule the region
to serve Aquincum’s conquer Ornate earring from
growing population Aquincum
the 7th century AD
200 400 600 800
294 Contra Aquincum is
194 Aquincum founded on the eastern 896 Magyar
is promoted to bank of the Danube Carving of the Sun (Hungarian) tribes
the status of a God Mithras take over Pannonia
AD 106 Aquincum becomes the capital of the Roman colony 453 Collapse of the
Roman province of Lower Pannonia Huns’ domination

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