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Avenches – Roman Museum – Permanent Exhibition Table of contents Ground Floor – Introduction 3 Aventicum, Capital of the Helvetii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Roman Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Switzerland in Roman Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Chronology of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Ground Floor 7 The Gallo-Roman Population of Switzerland and Their View of Death . . . . . . . 7 Funerary Urns 9 Child Burials 10 Cremation Burials 10 Inhumation Burial 11 Christian Burial 11 The Extraordinary Finds from the Necropolis of En Chaplix 12 The Funerary Monuments of En Chaplix 13 The Northern Monument 14 The Southern Monument 15 The Inscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Stone Inscriptions of Avenches / Aventicum 17 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 First Floor 21 The Early Days of Aventicum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 The Indigenous Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Language and Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 The Division of Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Weights and Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 The Dodecahedron, a Measuring Instrument? 27 Theatre, Games and Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Trade and Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The Monetary System from the 1 st – 3 rd Century 30 Prices and Remuneration 31 Genuine Coins and Counterfeits 31 Money Saving and Spending Reflected in Coin Finds 32 Rome and Aventicum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 The Imperor, the Imperial Family and the Province 33 Table of Contents 1
Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Oriental Cults 37 Roman Religion 38 Mythology and Heroes 41 The Local Gods 41 Housegods and Their Cult: Lararia and Domestic Chapels 43 The Sanctuaries of Aventicum 43 From Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Second Floor 45 A Typical Roman Town House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Clothes and Jewellery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Body and Health Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Games of Chance 49 Strategic Games 49 Games of Skill 49 Textile Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Life in Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Town Layout 53 Houses 53 Protective Gods of the Household . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Pottery. An Indispensable Tool for Archaeologists as Regards ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 ... Quantities 55 ... a Means for Dating other Finds 55 ... its Various Uses 55 An Important Contribution to the Understanding of Local History 55 Kitchen and Tableware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 A Big Market 57 Drinking and Eating 57 The Table of the Poorer People 58 The Table of the Wealthy 59 The Kitchen 59 Eating Habits 59 Types of Tableware 60 Table of Contents 2
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