Garam Éva szerk.: Between East and West - History of the peoples living in hungarian lands (Guide to the Archaeological Exhibition of the Hungarian National Museum; Budapest, 2005)

HALL 6 - The Roman Age (6 A.D.-420 A.D.) (László Kocsis, Endre Tóth)

69. Detail of a bronze chariot mount from Budakeszi. 2nd century 70. Hoard of bronze vessels and silver jewellery from Ászár. 2nd century was stationed. Roofs were usually covered with large, heavy, flat tiles with a raised bor­der, with the lines of junction between the flat tiles covered with semi-cylindrical ones. 5-8. THE NATIVE POPULATION AND THE CONQUERORS Upon their arrival, the Roman troops found a Celtic and an Illyrian population in Trans­danubia, whose names are known from Pliny the Elder's monumental work, from Ptolemy's geographic reports and from various inscrip­tions. Western Transdanubia was populated by the Boii; to their east lived the Asali of Illyrian stock, while the Danube Bend and the terri­tory of present-day Fejér county was home to the Eravisci. To the south lived the Ara­viates and the Hercuniates tribes. The Roman

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