Crafted in Bavaria - Archaeological Sources

Welcome in the Roman part of the museum. You are starting with the highlight “The Roman Treasure of Straubing“. In the showcases you can see parade armor of horsemen. If you start at the left you will see masks of different types. Four masks are showing Alexander the Great (behind), the other three persic women (in the front).

Chamfrom from the Roman Treasure, produced by Proclus Maternus: Three Inscriptions show the "officina". In the middle stands a nude Mars on a giant. On the left and on the right are the eye protection baskets, beyond the dioscuri. On the right: PROCLI M(aterni) OF(fi)C(ina)

Left: Rich decorated chamfrom from the Roman Treasure. In the middle Mars Ultor is standing on giant. The eye protection baskets are designed as gorgons, underneath are two busts of Minerva.  Right: This right side panel of chamfrom comes from Bulgaria (Roman Moesia). The Minerva is similar to the side panels of the rich decorated chamfrom in the Roman treasure of Straubing. It can therefore be assumed that the manufacturers of such armors traveled through the provinces with pattern books.

Mars Ultor is standing again in the centre of the chamfrom from the Roman Treasure. The same Mars you can find on a chamfrom found at Künzing in the civil settlement (hoard 2). It's another example for one motive on two different chamfroms from different places.  Soldiers ordered motifs on their armor with which they could identify. So you can find the same motifs in different combinations. This gives us a little insight into the mentality of the individual Roman soldiers.

Small god figurines from Roman treasure of Straubing are showing another bronze workshop. The reason for the assumption is that they have the same bases. From left to right: Genius with cornucopia and bowl, Fortuna with cornucopia, dancing Lar and Merkur with wallet and wing helmet.

After the appearance of these bases, the workshop must have produced in the Straubing, Regensburg or Augsburg area.

The deformated cups shows us, that pottery was produced in the settlement. The cups, so called „Hunting Cups“ have a special decoration showing animals and hunting persons. A battue is shown here. The game is driven into nets.

In this scene, a juggler throws pitchers at a bear to tease it. It's a circus scene! The dog watches everything! Maybe Roman Straubing (Sorviodurum) had an amphitheater. From Künzing (ad Quintos) we know such a place. Künzing is about 60 kilometres east of Straubing.

The triumph of metals begins in the Bronze Age. The new material, bronze, is an alloy made up of copper and 8-12% tin. This technique arrived in Europe from the Middle East. The torcs in the picture had all a similar weight. They were ingots and cast in a ring shape for better handling. They contained standardised of copper and tin. SoThey contained standardised of copper and tin. They were used as money for the first time four thousand years ago. It's the time of the Straubing group culture.

Razors were cast from this half-mould.