Gerulata

Gerulata was a Roman military camp located near today's Rusovce, a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia. It was part of the Roman province of Pannonia and was built in the 2nd century as a part of the frontier defence system. It was abandoned in the 4th century, when Roman legions withdrew from Pannonia.

Gerulata (Kastell Rusovce)
Gerulata
Alternative name	Gerulata, Gerulate
Limes	Upper Pannonia
Section	Section 2
Date(s) occupied	1st to 4th century AD
Type	Cohort and Ala fort, square fort with rounded corners surrounded by a double ditch (Spitzgraben), Burgus of Late Antiquity
Unit/Formation	a) legio XV, b) cohors V Callaecorum Lucensium (?), c) ala I Canennefatum, d) equites Sagittarii
Size	a) wood and earth fort, width: 113 m b) stone fort I, width: 133–166 m, c) burgus: 39 × 30 m
Construction	a) wood and earth design b) stone design
Condition	Nothing visible above ground, Foundation walls of the burgus were conserved and made accessible in a visitors' area
Location	Rusovce
Height	130 m
Previous fort	Kleinkastell Stopfenreuth (northwest)
Following fort	Kastell Ad Flexum (Mosonmagyaróvár) (southeast)

Today there is a museum, which is part of the Bratislava City Museum.

Archaeologists have unearthed its remnants and their discoveries are on exhibition in the hall of the museum, which is open in summer and can be found behind the Catholic Church of St Mary Magdalene in the town. Beyond the remains of the Roman forum, fragments of structures and gravestones, bronze, iron, ceramic and stone pieces are on show in a museum showing daily life.

The best preserved object is a quadrilateral building 30 metres long and 30 metres wide, with 2.4 metre thick walls.

In July 2021, Gerulata was added to the UNESCO's World Heritage List as part of the Western segment of the Danubian Limes of the Roman Empire.

References

• http://slovakianguide.com/en/bratislava-city-museum-ancient-gerulata-rusovce

Bibliography

• Kuzmová, Klára; Rajtár, Ján (eds) (1996). Gerulata I. Nitra: Archeologický ústav Akademie věd SK.
• Varsik, Vladimir (1998). "Das Römische Lager von Rusovce-Gerulata. Ein Beitrag zu Lokalisierung und Anfängen." Jahrbuch des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum Mainz 43, pp. 531–589.

External links

• Gerulata (in Slovak)