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Carnuntum (from Ancient Greek Καρνοῦς (Carnous) according to Ptolemy) was a Roman legionary fortress (Latin: castra legionis) and headquarters of the Pannonian fleet from 50 AD. After the 1st century, it was capital of the Pannonia Superior province.
Nov 24, 2020 · Carnuntum Archaeological Park in Austria contains both reconstructed and original remains from this once-thriving and strategically vital Roman city. History of Carnuntum. Roman influence first took hold at Carnuntum in the early Julio-Claudian period.
- Sarah Roller
Carnuntum, the most important ancient Roman legionary camp of the upper Danube frontier, situated at Petronell, 20 miles (32 km) east of Vienna. It was the emperor Tiberius’s base in his attacks on the Marcomanni (ad 6), although a fort for one legion was first erected under the emperor Claudius.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Carnuntum once ranked among the most important cities of the Roman province Pannonia. Built as a stronghold against the Barbaricum on the other side of the Danube Limes, it also was a crossover point of the Amber Road and occupied a major strategic, political and economic role.
The town’s history began in A.D. 40, when Roman soldiers of the Legio XV Appollinaris established a fortress on a steep cliff above the Danube. The fort controlled the eastern border of the...
May 21, 2019 · The first Roman fortification was built in 6 AD and for the next 400 years had their settlement of Carnuntum here in the Pannonia region. Carnuntum was important both as a vital frontier fortification during its time, but also as a trading post.
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The early Illyrian-Celtic settlement of Carnuntum was situated near the Braunsberg mountain by Hainburg, on whose summit the oppidum of the Boii was set up as a center of defense. After the occupation the indigenous population settled in the Petronell territory (later to become the civilian city).
