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Upper Danube: Aquincum: grave relief at lapidarium
Grave relief at Aquincum (© BFA Documentary Photography)
Aquincum's legionary camp and civilian town (canabae)
were located near the midpoint of the northern Danubian frontier of the
Roman Empire. In the 19th century, remains of Roman Aquincum were first
excavated, leading to the eventual uncovering by archaeologists of
major elements of its canabae, dating from the early centuries of the
Empire.
The town contained a forum, basilica or law court,
residential zones, commercial and craftsworkers' steets, and public
theaters. Not far away from the Arena was located the city
marketplace. Today the market zone contains the site lapidarium,
including hundreds of gravestones from the necropolis or burial area,
many with their sculptures still intact. This example from the
lapidarium shows a memorial portrait with deep relief carving.
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