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Ak-Ink

ancient site, Budapest, Hungary

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history of Budapest

  • central Budapest
    In Budapest: Early settlement and the emergence of medieval Buda

    …became Óbuda, a settlement named Ak-Ink (“Ample Water”) was established by the Celtic Eravisci. This became Aquincum when the Romans established a military camp and civilian town there at the end of the 1st century ce. Becoming the seat of the province Pannonia Inferior (c. 106) and then acquiring the…

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  • Aquincum
    In Aquincum

    …people and given the name Ak-ink (“Abundant Water”) because of the nearby thermal springs. A Roman military camp established there by Emperor Vespasian attracted a civilian population by the mid-1st century bce. Other factors contributing to the city’s growth included the fertile flatlands next to the river, the ease of…

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