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Aquincum

Aquincum was a major Roman city and legionary base on the right bank of the Danube where modern Óbuda (Budapest) now stands. At its height in the 2nd–3rd centuries AD it combined a fortified castrum, a civilian town with streets, baths, workshops and houses, two amphitheatres, and aqueduct infrastructure. Today the site is an excavated archaeological park with exposed foundations and partial standing masonry interpreted in the Aquincum Museum.

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Its prime

AD 200

Today

Partial ruin

As it stood in AD 200

What Aquincum looked like in its prime.

In AD 200 Aquincum reads as a compact Roman town of pale stone and brick, its grid of paved streets flanked by single- and two-storey houses with whitewashed plaster and red terracotta roofs, public baths with vaulted brick chambers and hypocausts, two stone amphitheatres of concentric tiers, a fortified castrum with thick ashlar curtain walls and towers, and a multi-tiered aqueduct carrying a stone water channel across the landscape.

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11 places to explore in AD 200.

The record describes 11 distinct spots at Aquincum, including 6 interiors: civil amphitheatre — arena and seating, military amphitheatre — interior, public baths — caldarium and hypocaust and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Approach along Via Postumia (main road)Civil Amphitheatre — exteriorCivil Amphitheatre — arena and seatingMilitary Amphitheatre — interiorPublic Baths — caldarium and hypocaustPrincipia (headquarters) and shrineLegionary castrum — main gate and wallInsula — houses, peristyles and workshopsAqueduct — multi-tiered conduit sectionMithraeum — cult chamber interiorMarket plaza and civic space

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