Inscription on the Castle Rock, Historic Centre, Trenčín

The inscription on the castle rock in Trenčín, dating from AD 179, is the northernmost surviving evidence of a Roman presence in Central Europe. During the Marcomannic Wars, the Romans advanced up the Váh valley as far as present-day Trenčín, where they spent the winter in the settlement of Laugaricio. In the inscription, Maximianus gives thanks for the victory of the emperors and the troops of the Second Auxiliary Legion, numbering 855 soldiers. The inscription's authenticity is confirmed by the discovery of the stone base of a statue of Marcus Valerius Maximianus among the remains of the ancient city of Diana Veteranorum, now Zana in Algeria. Its text records his military deeds and also mentions Laugaricio. The inscription was rediscovered in 1852 by the church dignitary and historian Ľudovít Bonaventúra Stárek (1803–1863), who helped bring it to public attention.

Pamiatky v historickom centre mesta Trenčín sú súčasťou mestskej pamiatkovej rezervácie. Nachádza sa v podhradí Trenčianskeho hradu a tvoria ju pamiatky ako Župný dom (dnešné Trenčianske múzeum), Morový stĺp, piaristický kostol sv. Františka Xaverského s kláštorom, rímsky nápis na hradnej skale a ďalšie.

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