Szőny was a town in

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. Since 1977, it has been part of the city of

Komárom Komárom (Hungarian: ; german: Komorn; la, Brigetio, later ; sk, Komárno) is a city in Hungary on the south bank of the Danube in Komárom-Esztergom County. Komárno, Slovakia, is on the northern bank. Komárom was formerly a separate villag ...

History

The Roman legion

Legio I Adiutrix Legio I Adiutrix ( First Legion "Rescuer"), was a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded in AD 68, possibly by Galba when he rebelled against emperor Nero (r. 54–68). The last record mentioning the ''Adiutrix'' is in 344, when it was stati ...

was based here from 86 AD to the mid-5th century and took part in several Parthian wars. The town was known as Brigetio to the Romans, and was the site of the death of Roman Emperor

Valentinian I Valentinian I ( la, Valentinianus; 32117 November 375), sometimes called Valentinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 364 to 375. Upon becoming emperor, he made his brother Valens his co-emperor, giving him rule of the eastern provinces. Val ...

An important

Roman military diploma A Roman military diploma was a document inscribed in bronze certifying that the holder was honourably discharged from the Roman armed forces and/or had received the grant of Roman citizenship from the emperor as reward for service. The diploma ...

was found in the town in the early twentieth century - it is now in the

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's collection. Later during the Middle Ages the town was called ''Camarum''. The town has one of the earliest records of conjoined twins - Helen and Judith. During the Oil Campaign of World War II, the Szőny oil refinery was a strategic bombing target.

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