Gyöngyössy Márton (szerk.): Perspectives on the Past. Major Excavations in County Pest (Szentendre, 2008)

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The fort’s southern gate and a 70 meters long section of the fort wall were investigated in 2004-2005, together with double ditch system (vallum) running parallel to it. The southern gate of the fort, built in the later 2nd century, was walled up in the 4th century with pillars, stone carvings and broken inscribed stones from buildings damaged during earlier military events. The horseshoe shaped tower had some sort of roofing in its interior, indicated by the thick layer of secondarily burnt stamped tegulas covering the successively renewed, good quality terazzo floor.

Most of the stamped bricks can be associated with the legio II adiutrix stationed in Aquincum, whose soldiers were apparently transferred to Szentendre as a temporary task force (vexillatio), 2.

while a few pieces with the cohors I milliaria nova Surorum sagittariorum, the garrison recruited from the Syrians stationed at Ulcisia castra. Bronze and clay paraphernalia of the fort’s sanctuary destroyed during the clashes with the Barbarian peoples were discovered in front of the walled-up gate. The finds included three bronze bells and a bronze hand, the fragment of a cult statue, as well as a clay figurine of Venus made in Cologne (Colonia Claudia Agrippinensis) and a broken Priapus statue made locally, perhaps in Aquincum. The most noteworthy find is undoubtedly the 15 cm high bronze statuette of Minerva, the third member of the Capitoline Triad. This statuette was made in the 2nd century and it is the single

intact bronze statuette from Pannonia, whose exact find context is known. Similarly to all other Roman forts, larger statues of the emperors and the gods had been erected at Ulcisia castra too, as shown by the bronze foot and dress fold fragments from 130-150 cm high bronze statues.