The Roman Empire was the largest and longest
existing empire in the history of the world. Its frontier was
extended as far as the Danube during the reign of Augustus. The
Pannonian frontier's sector now located in Hungary. This sector was
established along the Danube. The major legionary bases, many
watchtowers and forts was on the right bank of the Danube. Some
fortifications were built on the left bank in the north-western
portions of Empire, but only the two bridgehead are know in
Transdanubia. This is one, situated about 1,5 km from Verôce,
between the road 12 and the river. It was built by the order of
emperor Valentinianus I. similar to the other bridgehead at
Dunaszekcsô. This small fortifications commonly referred to as
Nógrádverôce-type fortification. The concept of defense by
Valentinianus consisted in pushing forward the Roman frontier
defense from the Danube towards the Barbaricum. The fulfilment of
the concept several Roman military establishments were built up on
the left bank of the Danube and the ditch system called
„Csörsz” (located in the Great Hungarian Plain, was
built formerly by Sarmatians) was pushed forward. These works led
to a war between the Romans and the Quads in A.D. 374-375 because
of a not prudent diplomatic preparation.
This cache is a
small container and can only hold the log sheet and maybe a couple
of small items like marble. The ruins has been enclosed but near
the cache but the gate open for visitors. The two neighbouring
sites is protected area of waterworks. No entrance! Visit at the
ruins only!
Reconstructed Roman
watchtower
along the Limes Germanicus.
A 12-es fôút mellett található a római birodalom
legkeletibb emléke, egy erôd és ôrtorony alapfala. Ilyen ún.
Verôce-típusú hídfô még a Mohács-szigeten, Dunaszekcsôvel szemben
lévô (anno Lugio), ám az csak részben lett feltárva, és az év
nagyobb részében víz alatt van. Ezek a hadikikötôk ugyanolyan
tervek alapján készültek, mint a Duna és a Rajna más bal parti
erôsségei. A verôceit a IV. században emeltette Valentinianus
császár (361-375), de ugyanennek a századnak a végén a barbárok el
is pusztították. A római erôsség egy nagyobb és két kisebb
ôrtoronyból állt, melyek fallal csatlakoztak egymáshoz. A verôcei
ôrtornyot hajdan pontonhíd kötötte össze a szemközti,
szentendrei-szigeti ôrtoronnyal. A rejtés egy kis, kb. ø45x80 mm
térfogatú doboz. Van benne ceruza, de jobb ha viszel tollat.
Vigyázz, mert az út forgalmas! A terület be van kerítve, de a kapu
nyitva áll a látogatók elôtt. A két szomszédos telek vízmû
védterület, ahová belépni tilos!