Raetian Ware in Aquincum

Abstract

The aim of this study is to present the so-called Raetian ware in the territory of the civil and military towns of Aquincum in Pannonia Inferior. This special ceramic ware – named after the province Raetia by F. Drexel, who first classified it – was produced from the early 2nd century AD to the middle of the 3rd century AD. The main workshops of this pottery type were in the ancient settlements of FaimingenPhoebiana, Günzburg, Aislingen, Nördlingen, RegensburgKumpfmühl, Schwabmünchen, Straubing-Sorviodurum and Westerndorf-St. Peter.