Footsteps of the Legionaries
Iron Age and Roman finds at the SNM Archaeological Museum, including grave goods from Germanic elite burials and Gerulata.
About the event
The exhibition at the SNM Archaeological Museum covers the pre-Roman Iron Age and the Roman period. It is part of a cross-border project with Leithaprodersdorf in Austria and follows the legionary Marcus Vinius Longinus.
It suits visitors interested in archaeology and Roman history near Bratislava.
Programme & highlights
- Iron Age: finds from Hallstatt burial mounds in Blatná na Ostrove, Dunajská Lužná and Dolné Janíky, and material linked to the Celts
- Roman period: finds from the Roman fort of Gerulata in Rusovce
- Germanic elites: grave goods from Zohor and Vysoká pri Morave shown complete for the first time
- Media: video documentaries and 3D visualisations of the excavations
Address
Žižkova 6667/12, Bratislava
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