Latin Inscription on the Castle Rock
Latin Inscription on the Castle Rock
Original function:
plaque
Current function:
plaque
Settlement:
Historical Hungarian county:
Trencsén
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.895947, 18.044671
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History
It commemorates the victory of the legate Marcus Valerius Maximianus over the Germanic people. He and his 855 soldiers spent the winter of the years 178-179 in a camp near the Germanic town of Laugaricio. This event took place during the victorious campaign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius against the Marcomanni. The inscription was discovered in 1854.
Source: muemlekem.hu , csemadok.sk
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