On Saturday, March 28, 2026, we kicked off the season at the Mušov Visitor Center – Gateway to the Roman Empire. The all-day program was themed around spring festivals and the daily life of the Romans, whose customs were brought to life through demonstrations of Roman crafts and period cuisine by the historical group Pannonia. However, the centerpiece of the program consisted of two expert lectures.
Dr. Petr Veverka (Brno University Hospital) gave an interactive lecture for both children and adults, explaining the state of medicine in the ancient world and what medical practice looked like among the Romans. In the second lecture, dedicated to the Christianization of the barbarians and the barbarization of Christianity, Associate Professor PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc., delved into the role of Christianity during the Migration Period, explaining how faith both united and divided the barbarians and the Romans.
The program also included creative workshops for children and adults, where visitors could try their hand at making Easter whips, candles, or writing on wax tablets. By combining the expert information from the lectures with practical demonstrations, visitors gained a comprehensive insight into the nature of spring celebrations and daily life in antiquity.
This year’s season at the Mušov Visitor Center – Gateway to the Roman Empire has thus been successfully launched, and we look forward to what it will bring!
The event is one of the outputs of the Roman Trails project, co-financed by the European Union under the Interreg Austria–Czechia program.
