{"id":109772,"date":"2022-08-15T09:40:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T07:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?page_id=109772"},"modified":"2022-08-15T09:42:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T07:42:07","slug":"roman-cities-close-to-poland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/roman-cities-close-to-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman cities close to Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_87 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Chapters<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/roman-cities-close-to-poland\/#carnuntum-and-vindobona-%e2%80%93-austria\" >CARNUNTUM AND VINDOBONA &#8211; Austria<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/roman-cities-close-to-poland\/#laugaricio-and-kalemantia-%e2%80%93-slovakia\" >LAUGARICIO AND KALEMANTIA &#8211; Slovakia<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/roman-cities-close-to-poland\/#porolissum-%e2%80%93-romania\" >POROLISSUM &#8211; Romania<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/roman-cities-close-to-poland\/#aquincium-%e2%80%93-todays-budapest\" >AQUINCIUM &#8211; today&#8217;s Budapest<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/roman-cities-close-to-poland\/#tyras-olbia-borystenis-%e2%80%93-ukraine\" >TYRAS, OLBIA, BORYSTENIS &#8211; Ukraine<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>There was no presence\/presence of Romans in Poland itself. ultimately &#8211; apart from excavations in the vicinity of Kietrz, no hard evidence was found of the permanent presence of the Romans in today&#8217;s Poland. Merchants on the amber route, yes &#8211; but cities, garrisons &#8211; no. Not many people know that such places are quite close to Polish borders. Here are the five cities of Ancient <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/rome-eternal-city\/\">Rome<\/a> that were closest to the modern Polish borders.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"ramka_ze_zdjeciem float-center \"\n         style=\"\">\n\n        <div class=\"zdjecie\">\n            <img\n                class=\"ramka-ze-zdjeciem\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rzymskie-miasta-blisko-polski.jpg\"\n                                alt=\"Roman cities closest to Poland&#039;s borders\"\n                width=\"670\"\n                height=\"367\"\n               \n               \n            \/>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rzymskie-miasta-blisko-polski.jpg\"\n               rel=\"fancybox\"\n               title=\"Roman cities closest to Poland&#8217;s borders.\">\n                <div class=\"iover\">\n                    <div class=\"zicon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"opis\">\n                                Roman cities closest to Poland&#8217;s borders.            <\/div>\n        \n                    <div class=\"chmurka\">\n                Creative Commons Attribution license - On the same terms 3.0.            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"carnuntum-and-vindobona-%e2%80%93-austria\"><\/span>CARNUNTUM AND VINDOBONA &#8211; Austria<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In Vienna, in one of the central squares (Michaleplatz) close to the Empress Sissi Museum, we find the remains of the Roman <em>Vindobona<\/em> &#8211; a large civilian city, one of several <b><em><a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/limes\/\">limes<\/a><\/em><\/b>, which is the border on the Danube. It is in this city that the modern Old Town of Vienna was built. A little further east, in the vicinity of Petronel, there are the impressive remains of the Roman military <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-army\/roman-camp\/\">camp<\/a> and the town of <em>Carnuntum<\/em>. It is said that <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/marcus-aurelius\/\">Marcus Aurelius<\/a> stayed here before his death. In <em>Carnuntum<\/em> you will see two amphitheatres, the remains of <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/roman-architecture\/roman-baths\/\">Roman baths<\/a>, houses, streets. Historical picnics from Roman times are often organized here.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"ramka_ze_zdjeciem float-center \"\n         style=\"\">\n\n        <div class=\"zdjecie\">\n            <img\n                class=\"ramka-ze-zdjeciem\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/carnuntum-austria.jpg\"\n                                alt=\"Reconstruction of Carnuntum\"\n                width=\"639\"\n                height=\"347\"\n               \n               \n            \/>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/carnuntum-austria.jpg\"\n               rel=\"fancybox\"\n               title=\"Reconstruction of Carnuntum\">\n                <div class=\"iover\">\n                    <div class=\"zicon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"opis\">\n                                Reconstruction of <em>Carnuntum<\/em>            <\/div>\n        \n                    <div class=\"chmurka\">\n                Creative Commons Attribution license - On the same terms 3.0.            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"laugaricio-and-kalemantia-%e2%80%93-slovakia\"><\/span>LAUGARICIO AND KALEMANTIA &#8211; Slovakia<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Suffice it to say that in the suburbs of Bratislava &#8211; Dubravka and Devina, traces of the Romans have been found (and most visible in Gerulata), the closest place of this type is Trencin, where there was a military settlement <em>Laugaricio<\/em>, somewhere even on maps Ptolemy. To this day, only the inscription carved in the rock under the castle has survived, praising the victories over the Germans, which were fought in <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/romans-in-slovakia\/\">Slovakia<\/a> during the Marcomannian Wars. The permanent military camp was <em>Kalemantia<\/em>, the well-preserved shape of the settlement can be seen on the northern side of the Danube near Komarno.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"ramka_ze_zdjeciem float-center \"\n         style=\"\">\n\n        <div class=\"zdjecie\">\n            <img\n                class=\"ramka-ze-zdjeciem\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rzymski-napis-w-trenczynie.jpg\"\n                                alt=\"Roman inscription in Trencin\"\n                width=\"600\"\n                height=\"384\"\n               \n               \n            \/>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rzymski-napis-w-trenczynie.jpg\"\n               rel=\"fancybox\"\n               title=\"Inscription in Trencin\">\n                <div class=\"iover\">\n                    <div class=\"zicon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"opis\">\n                                Inscription in Trencin            <\/div>\n        \n                    <div class=\"chmurka\">\n                Creative Commons Attribution license - On the same terms 3.0.            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"porolissum-%e2%80%93-romania\"><\/span>POROLISSUM &#8211; Romania<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You do not realize how many Roman &#8211; Dacian monuments we can find in modern Romania. The closest one seems to be the remains of a military camp and then the town of <em>Porolissum<\/em> near the village of Jac near the town of Zalau in the northwest of the country. Founded during Trajan&#8217;s wars with the Dacians. It is the scenes from the fighting in these mountains that decorate <b>Trajan&#8217;s Column<\/b> in Rome. Today we can see the remains of an amphitheatre, and well-preserved elements of streets and walls. The entrance gate has been reconstructed. Every year, &#8220;old Roman&#8221; historical picnics are held here. In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/discoveries\/in-romania-roman-road-was-discovered-during-construction-of-a3-highway\/\">in Romania<\/a>, we can find Roman remains in Cluj-Napoca and Potaissa. And there are at least 20 more, including the most magnificent &#8211; the ruins of the former capital of the Daks &#8211; Sarmisegetusa.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"ramka_ze_zdjeciem float-center \"\n         style=\"\">\n\n        <div class=\"zdjecie\">\n            <img\n                class=\"ramka-ze-zdjeciem\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/porolissum-rumunia-rzymskie-miasto.jpg\"\n                                alt=\"Ruins in Porolissium\"\n                width=\"639\"\n                height=\"466\"\n               \n               \n            \/>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/porolissum-rumunia-rzymskie-miasto.jpg\"\n               rel=\"fancybox\"\n               title=\"Ruins in Porolissium\">\n                <div class=\"iover\">\n                    <div class=\"zicon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"opis\">\n                                Ruins in <em>Porolissium<\/em>            <\/div>\n        \n                    <div class=\"chmurka\">\n                Creative Commons Attribution license - On the same terms 3.0.            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"aquincium-%e2%80%93-todays-budapest\"><\/span>AQUINCIUM &#8211; today&#8217;s Budapest<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It is probably the largest preserved fragment of a Roman city in Central Europe. There is a huge complex of temples, streets, houses, <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-constitution\/roman-republic\/roman-offices\/\">offices<\/a> and institutions in the northern part of the Hungarian capital, but that&#8217;s not all. While in Budapest, we followed the traces of Roman ruins and you will also find them in the vicinity of Florian Ter (a large park and square with Roman foundations and fragments of buildings under the flyover), a wonderfully preserved military amphitheatre located as if between apartment blocks on Betsci Street and a second, larger one near the ruins of Aquincium on Szetendre street and on the other side of the Danube at one of the main squares of the Pest (but this was already outside the empire &#8211; Roman patrol camp <em>Transaquincium<\/em>)<\/p>\n    <div class=\"ramka_ze_zdjeciem float-center \"\n         style=\"\">\n\n        <div class=\"zdjecie\">\n            <img\n                class=\"ramka-ze-zdjeciem\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ruiny-aquincium-budapeszt.jpg\"\n                                alt=\"Roman ruins in today&#039;s Budapest (Aquincium)\"\n                width=\"640\"\n                height=\"447\"\n               \n               \n            \/>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ruiny-aquincium-budapeszt.jpg\"\n               rel=\"fancybox\"\n               title=\"Roman ruins in today&#8217;s Budapest (Aquincium).\">\n                <div class=\"iover\">\n                    <div class=\"zicon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"opis\">\n                                Roman ruins in today&#8217;s Budapest (<em>Aquincium<\/em>).            <\/div>\n        \n                    <div class=\"chmurka\">\n                Creative Commons Attribution license - On the same terms 3.0.            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"tyras-olbia-borystenis-%e2%80%93-ukraine\"><\/span>TYRAS, OLBIA, BORYSTENIS &#8211; Ukraine<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Greeks (mainly from Miletus) liked to venture beyond the Bosphorus. After all, they once established their <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/roman-and-latin-colonies\/\">colonies<\/a> everywhere on the Black Sea coast. Three of them &#8211; very large ones, have survived to this day in better or worse condition on the coast of Ukraine. At the mouth of the Dniester River, there were <em>Nikonium<\/em> and <em>Tyras<\/em>. The ruins of <em>Tyras<\/em>, formerly a Phoenician colony, later used by the Romans and later by the Turks (Akkerman) after the Greeks, remained in the city of Belgorod Dnistrovskij. However, you should definitely visit the former <em>Olbia<\/em> next to the village of Parutyne, then the Roman Borystenis on the island of Berezan &#8211; described by Herodotus. We can still see the remains of this most powerful &#8220;Northern Greek&#8221; city in the vicinity of the village at the mouth of the Dnieper River.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"ramka_ze_zdjeciem float-center \"\n         style=\"\">\n\n        <div class=\"zdjecie\">\n            <img\n                class=\"ramka-ze-zdjeciem\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/olbia111.jpg\"\n                                alt=\"Ruins of former Olbia\"\n                width=\"630\"\n                height=\"428\"\n               \n               \n            \/>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/olbia111.jpg\"\n               rel=\"fancybox\"\n               title=\"Ruins of former Olbia\">\n                <div class=\"iover\">\n                    <div class=\"zicon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"opis\">\n                                Ruins of former <em>Olbia<\/em>            <\/div>\n        \n                    <div class=\"chmurka\">\n                Creative Commons Attribution license - On the same terms 3.0.            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was no presence\/presence of Romans in Poland itself. ultimately &#8211; apart from excavations in the vicinity of Kietrz, no hard evidence was found of the permanent presence of the Romans in today&#8217;s Poland. Merchants on the amber route, yes &#8211; but cities, garrisons &#8211; no. 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