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Being the centre of operations on the Roman frontier against the neighbouring Iazyges, Aquincum was occasionally the headquarters of emperors. [ 2 ] The city had at least 30,000 inhabitants by the end of the 2nd century, and covered a significant part of the area today known as the Óbuda district within Budapest.
Before World War II, approximately 200,000 Jews lived in Budapest, making it the center of Hungarian Jewish cultural life. [10] In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Budapest was a safe haven for Jewish refugees. Before the war some 5,000 refugees, primarily from Germany and Austria, arrived in Budapest.
The Aquincum Museum is a museum in Budapest, Hungary. [1] It first opened in May 1894. [2] Archeological findings from the remains of Aquincum are on display there. [1] These include items from the local mithraeum. It has an indoor and outdoor part. [3] Paula Zsidi served as the museum director from 1989 until 2015. [4]
The settlement, which existed from the 1st to the 4th century, had a military and a separate civilian area. It had advanced infrastructure such as an aqueduct, a bath and two amphitheatres, one for the military and one for the civilians. Several villas belonged to the settlement, and the Roman governor had his palace on Hajógyári Island.
Roman amphitheatre. Settlements dating from the Stone Age have been found in Óbuda. The Romans built there Aquincum, the capital of Pannonia province. Hungarians arrived after 900 and it served as an important settlement of major tribal leaders, later kings. The site was the location of royal and ecclesiastic foundations. [1]
The Aquincum Military Amphitheatre is the greater of two amphitheatres in Budapest, Hungary, the other being the Aquincum Civil Amphitheatre. It is located in the Obuda district, just north near the Danube river. It was built around 145, during the reign of emperor Antoninus Pius.
Throughout its history, the palace served Budapest as a cultural hotspot, housing the famous Gresham-Venezia Café and the Pódium Cabaret, known for its satirical and sometimes politically daring ...
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