A DUNAI LIMES ÉS A KÁRPÁT-MEDENCE
THE LIMES ON THE DANUBE AND THE CARPATHIAN BASIN

Author(s): Tamás Gesztelyi
Subject(s): Ancient World
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: Pannonia; the Roman Republic; Celtic tribes; Danube; Romanization;
Summary/Abstract: The Pannons living on the southern part of the later Roman province of Pannonia came in touch with Roman culture already towards the end of the Republic. The Celtic tribes living north of them have never organized themselves into a unified state, which facilitated the Roman occupation of the territories up to the Danube. The new province, though much less advanced than the territories occupied earlier by the Empire, due to a fast and deeply penetrating process of Romanization quickly caught up with the rest as evidenced by the linguistic and literary skills and the knowledge of mythology found on inscriptions and on products of material art. The limes not simply separated the Empire from the Barbarian territories, but also helped interaction. On its Pannonian section the Romans had the closest contacts with the Quad Kingdom. Ruins of Roman villa shave been unearthed in the valleys of the Vag and Morva rivers, which were built by the Romans to the Quad princes in return for their cooperation. Peaceful Romanization and the policy of allying with the neighbours were part of a Roman strategy without which the Roman Empire would not have been able to maintain its sway over large territories for several centuries.

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