300 years of Roman culture and history on the banks of the river Nahe! In a rustic ambience, the exhibition shows you excavation finds from a colossal palace villa from the Roman "cruciniacum", which once stood on the site of the museum. The exhibition presents the luxury of wealthy Romans on the Rhine border of the Roman Empire. At the centre are two magnificent mosaic floors (gladiator mosaic, Oceanus mosaic), images of gods, funerary monuments, glass art and everyday objects. Directly next to the Roman hall are the accessible and thus still today in its dimensions experiencable architectural remains of a Roman luxury villa of the 2nd century AD, which is an outstanding example of Roman villa architecture north of the Alps. Among the exhibits from this villa, the two almost completely preserved mosaic floors dating back to the 3rd century AD are of particular importance. The approx. 58 m² gladiator mosaic was heatable - the antique underfloor heating under the mosaic impressively shows the construction of this complex. The animated, dramatically heightened picture fields of the gladiator mosaic show the scenario in an amphitheatre: animal fights, bestiary fights and the duels of the gladiators. The 68 m² Oceanus mosaic comes from the central representation room of the villa. The dominant image is that of the sea god flanked by two hippocamps (sea horses). His dominion is symbolized by many different detailed depictions of sea creatures and a Mediterranean coastal landscape with architecture and scenic depictions of ships and merchants. The centre of the room is decorated with a marble-clad water basin with a marble crater, which was reconstructed after excavation finds. A partially preserved inscription allows a dating to the year 234 AD. The soldier gravestones of Bingerbrück The gravestones of the soldiers from the Bingerbrück cemetery are, along with the mosaic floors, among the most important finds in the Roman Hall, as they provide important information on Roman military history. With their almost life-size portraits, they give a realistic impression of the auxiliary soldiers who were recruited to strengthen the legions or as lightly armed special units. Hairstyle, clothing and armament are reproduced in detail by the stonemasons, in antiquity a clarifying colour version was added. In addition to the names of the soldiers, the inscriptions state the unit, years of service and age, and the origin is also indicated: Dalmatia, Pannonia, the Phoenician city of Sidon and the island of Crete, i.e. mainly eastern areas of the Roman Empire. The stationing of Roman military troops in Bingen has so far only been proven by these soldiers' gravestones and other inscription stones from the Imperial period.
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