Römerkastell Saalburg

Römerkastel Saalburg	Cycling from Bad Homburg to the Roman Fort at Saalburg	Jupitersäule, a copy of the Jupiter Column of Mainz	Jupitersäule, just off the main road prior to the Roman Fort at Saalburg
Statue of Jupiter, Saalburg	Detail of the Jupiter Column, Saalburg	Latin dedication on the Jupiter Column, Saalburg	Base of the Saalburg Jupiter Column
Mercury and a goddess, perhaps Salus	Base of the Saalburg Jupiter Column, south side	Base of the Jupiter Column, Saalburg	Römerkastell Saalburg, part of the Limes World Heritage Site, frontiers of the Roman Empire
World Heritage Site - Borders of the Roman Empire - Upper Germania-Raetish Limes	The frontier forts of the Roman Empire in Germania Superior and Raetia	Limes Germanicus - Frontier of the Roman Empire in Hessen	Map of the Roman Fort at Saalburg
Kaiser Wilhelm II ordered the reconstruction of the Roman Fort at Saalburg in 1897	Latin Inscription: Wilhelm II son of Frederic III restored the Roman frontier fort at Saalburg in the 15th year of his reign	Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor 138-161 AD	Porta Praetoria, Castellum Saalaburgense
Saalburg Museum inside the Fort's reconstructed grain store (horreum)	Saalburg Museum	Inscription from a construction crew building the west gate of the fort	Model of a Roman Bath, Saalburg Museum
Saalburg Museum - sculpture	Saalburg Museum - sculpture	Roman spear and arrowheads, Saalburg Museum	Recreation of a Roman legionnaire's shield
Reproduction of a Roman cavalry helmet, Saalburg Museum	Roman tools, Saalburg Museum	Roman wagon wheel, Saalburg Museum	Map of the provinces of the Roman Empire, 2nd C. AD
Soles of Roman shoes, Saalburg Museum	Roman Shoe, Saalburg Museum	Roman Pottery, Saalburg Museum	Roman Pottery, Saalburg Museum
Pottery and an artist's impression of a festive evening	Highly decorated Roman pottery, Saalburg Museum	Terracotta theater mask, Saalburg Museum	Genii Embracing, Saalburg Museum
Saalburg Museum	Saalburg Museum	Swastikas from the Roman-era, well before the Nazis, Saalburg Museum	German apologies for the Roman swastikas at the Saalburg Museum
Saalburg Museum	Saalburg Museum	Saalburg Museum - Cautes	Saalburg Museum - Cautopates
Cautes, torchbearer of Mithras, 210 AD	Mercury holding a small boy, perhaps Bacchus	Principia - Assembly Hall of the Roman Cohort Fort, Saalburg	Interior of the reconstructed Principia, Saalburg
Map of the Saalburg Cohort Fort, early 3rd C. AD	Saalburg Principia - Hadrian	Saalburg Principia - Severus Alexander	Saalburg Principia - Severus Alexander
Saalburg Museum	Saalburg Museum	Saalburg Museum	Saalburg Museum - ancient Greco-Roman missile weapons
Aerotonon, a Greco-Roman pneumatic missile weapon	Polybolon, self-loading missile weapon developed by the Ancient Greeks	Scorpio - Ancient Roman missile weapon with a range of 300m	Ballista - Ancient siege weapon to launch 25kg stones
Saalburg Museum - Roman soldier with Latin inscription	Grave Stone of Centurion Marcus Caelius, Saalburg Museum	Saalburg Museum - a Roman frontier soldier	Saalburg Museum - decorated Roman shield
Saalburg Museum - pottery	Wilhelm II's dedication to Theodor Mommsen, German classical scholar 1817-1903	Saalburg Museum - Epona relief, Celtic goddess of horses	Saalburg Museum - Concordia relief
Roman Cohort Fort Saalburg, started as an earth and wood enclosure around 90 AD	The Roman Fort at Saalburg was enlarged ca 135 AD under Emperor Hadrian	Saalburg could have housed up to 500 Roman soldiers to guard the frontier	Recreation of Roman life at the Saalburg Fort
Römerkastell Saalburg - Roman murals	Römerkastell Saalburg - Roman murals	Roman shrine to the local deities of the Eifel Region, 218-222 AD	Recreation of how a Roman inscription would look with the original paint
Stockstädter Mithrasrelief, before 210 AD	Stockstädter Mithrasrelief, before 210 AD	Stockstädter Mithrasrelief, before 210 AD	Economy of the Roman Empire
Saalburg Museum - Hercules	Saalburg Museum - Oxcart	Roman Altar from Kastell Stockstadt am Main	Courtyard behind the Principia, Saalburg Fort
Well, Saalburg Fort	East Gate, Porta Destra - Römerkastell Saalburg	East Gate, Porta Destra - Römerkastell Saalburg	Original Roman portrait bust, Saalburg Museum
Original Roman portrait bust, Saalburg Museum	Original Roman portrait bust, Saalburg Museum	Roman portrait bust of a boy, Saalburg Museum	Roman portrait bust of a boy, Saalburg Museum
Stone relief from the Roman Temple at Nida, Saalburg Museum	North Gate - Porta Decumana, Römerkastell Saalburg	A very German looking bit of the Römerkastell Saalburg	Römerkastell Saalburg
Römerkastell Saalburg	Excavations of Roman ruins outside the Fort, Saalburg	Porta Praetoria, Römerkastell Saalburg	Porta Praetoria, Römerkastell Saalburg
Porta Praetoria, Römerkastell Saalburg	View of Frankfurt from the hills around Saalburg	Cycling through the forest near Saalburg	Cycling from Saalburg back to Frankfurt via Bad Homburg