Justinus rock
The Justinus rock is a boulder with an ancient inscription in the area of Lindschied near Bad Schwalbach . It is in the Aartal , right next to the Aartalbahn at 25.7 km.
At the time of the Roman occupation, a man named Ianuarius Iustinus was immortalized in the flat rock face with his name. Presumably, Iustinus was a Roman auxiliary soldier (or legionnaire ) who either performed guard duty at the Upper German Limes 200 m away or carried out quarrying and had marked his place of work here.
Apparently, the vertical smooth structure of the slightly overhanging rock face and the weather-protected location on the east side offer such a protected area that the inscription was able to withstand weathering for thousands of years.
literature
- Dietwulf Baatz : The Roman Limes. Archaeological excursions between the Rhine and the Danube. 4th edition, Gebr. Mann, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-7861-2347-0 , p. 116
- Margot Klee: The Limes between Rhine and Main. Theiss, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-8062-0276-1 , p. 64
- Stephan Bender: The Justinusfelsen. Leaflet to the Roman rock inscription and the Limes in the Aartal near Bad Schwalbach, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis. (Archaeological monuments in Hessen, issue 165). State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen, Wiesbaden, ISBN 3-89822-165-2
Web links
- The Kemel numerus fort and the Justinus rock in the Aartal near Adolfseck on Stefan Dornbusch's private Limes project site
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to the information board on site, based on research by Dr. E. Kümmerle, Eltville
Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ 13 ″ N , 8 ° 4 ′ 2 ″ E