Abstract
Although the overall topography of Brigetio is more or less clear, as some of the Roman ruins were still visible in the 19th century, not much was known about the civil town, the municipium of Brigetio. The research excavations of 1992-2011 have brought to light the remains of several Roman houses, workshops and two streets. This part of the town was inhabited by the Romans from the very beginning of the 2nd century AD to the second half of the 3rd century AD. At the end of the 2nd century AD the elongated dwelling houses were fit with hypocaust heating systems and richly decorated with wall-paintings. Like other cities in Pannonia, Brigetio also had its most prosperous times under the Severan dynasty. The paper presents the architectural results of the twenty years of archaeological investigation of the site.
Highlights
From the earliest times the legionary fortress was surrounded by the canabae legionis from west and south
The civil settlement came into being in the early 2nd century AD, but it only became a municipium around 205, in 214 Brigetio was subordinated to the governor of Pannonia Inferior
In 1970 Endre Bíró led an excavation north of Vásártér connected to the building of a restaurant. He published the results in a short report, where he described a 2nd century dwelling house rebuilt in the 3rd century AD with adobe clay walls on a stone foundation decorated with wall paintings
Summary
From the earliest times the legionary fortress was surrounded by the canabae legionis from west and south. Keywords Brigetio · municipium · roman houses (domus) · archaeological excavations The Municipium of Brigetio Roman Houses at Komárom / Szőnyi-Vásártér
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