Eravisker

The Eravisker (lat. Eravisci ) were a Celtic tribe in today's Hungary (Transdanubia).

history

In the 1st century BC Chr. Wandered the Eravisci to Transdanubia and placed around the middle of the same century its main sanctuary with a very well verteidigendem Oppidum on Gellért Hill in Budapest district Buda , on the western bank of the Danube at. The Eravisker probably came from the north and conquered the area previously inhabited by Illyrians .

After a large part of the Eraviski land was incorporated into the Roman Empire by 11 BC at the latest . BC , the Eravisker preserved their independent culture for a long time. The apparently good relations with the Romans can be seen in the fact that the invaders never conquered and destroyed the oppidum on Gellértberg. From stone reliefs and tombstones it is known that Celtic clothing and Celtic jewelry retained their meaning even in the often quickly Romanized upper class. After the Pannonian uprising (6–9 AD) against the Romans, a large part of the Eraviski from Gellértberg was settled in the area around the Danube fort Budapest-Albertfalva . Gellértberg, probably called Mons Teutanus by the Romans , remained inhabited until the middle of the 3rd century.

Culture

Culturally, the Eravisker were strongly influenced by the Illyrians. A Juppiter Teutanus is known as a tribal god from Roman times . Since this was obviously equated with Jupiter in Latin , it may have been the Celtic sky god. Several inscriptions between the years 178 and 288 AD are dated June 11 , a few days before the summer solstice , probably the date on which the god was celebrated.

Web links

Celtic religion in the testimony of the language ( Memento of January 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

^ Zsolt Mráv: Castellum contra Tautantum. To identify a late Roman fortress. In: Ádám Szabó , Endre Tóth: Bölcske. Roman inscriptions and finds - In memoriam Sándor Soproni (1926-1995) Libelli archaeologici Ser. Nov. No. II. Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 2003, ISBN 963-9046-83-9 , p. 354.

[mrav354-1] Zsolt Mráv: Castellum contra Tautantum. To identify a late Roman fortress. In: Ádám Szabó , Endre Tóth: Bölcske. Roman inscriptions and finds - In memoriam Sándor Soproni (1926-1995) Libelli archaeologici Ser. Nov. No. II. Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 2003, ISBN 963-9046-83-9 , p. 354.