Aschaffenburg

The Roman section of the Archaeological Collections provides a representative overview of the Roman period with numerous grave and votive stones, objects of daily use, including particularly beautiful vessels and picture bowls made of terra sigillata, small works of art made of bronze, iron, ceramics and an important coin collection from Stockstadt. The finds from the Roman civilian settlements and military camps along the Limes in Stockstadt and Niedernberg are significant. A unique example is a bronze fountain mask from the middle of the 2nd century AD, which shows a wine-sipping Silen from the entourage of Dionysus. In addition to a Roman "metre stick" and fragments of a military diploma, an iron face helmet from the middle of the 2nd century AD also points to the military importance of the landscape on the Roman border. Several remains of Jupiter- giant-columns also come from there, as they were found as Roman imperial insignia in many Roman settlements and estates. With the end of the Roman Empire, they were mostly destroyed and parts of them - the four-god stones - were often reused in church buildings.

As a relic of the Mithras cult, which was extremely popular and widespread among the military, a Mercury enthroned with a Dionysus boy, ram and turtle can be seen, as well as one of the extremely rare bronze Mithras hands. Since the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes was elevated to World Heritage status in 2005, a small exhibition room illustrates the differences in the historical reality of life between Romans and Germanic tribes at the border.