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Carnuntum
The
ancient city of Carnuntum, the capital of the Roman province
Upper Pannonia covered an area of about 10km² in today's
municipalities of Petronell-Carnuntum and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg.
From 35 to 40 AD the legion XV Apollinaris erected a fortified
military camp. This was the start of the flourishing of the
city later on as a centre of trade. Situated at the crossroads
of the Amber Road and the Limes Road, about 50,000 people
lived in the Colonia Septimia Aurelia Antoniniana Carnuntum
in its heyday in the 3rd century AD. Carnuntum gained international
importance through the visits of the Emperor Marc Aurel and
the Emperor Septimius Severus, who was acclaimed emperor by
his troops here in Carnuntum - perhaps even in the amphitheatre
of the former military town.
Programm:
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Heidentor
(Heathen's Gate) |
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Amphitheatre Bad Deutsch-Altenburg |
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Carnuntum,
Open Air Museum |
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Archaeological
Museum Carnuntinum |
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pictures © Archäologischer Park Carnuntum |
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