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Carnuntum (Kapvoiis in Ptolemy ) was an important Roman fortress, originally belonging to Noricum , but after the 1st Century A.D. to Pannonia . HISTORY It was a Celt ic town, the name, which is nearly always found with K on monuments, being derived from Kar, Karn ("rock," "cairn"). Its name first occurs in history during the reign of Augustus (A.D. 6 ), when Tiberius made it his base of operations in the campaigns against Maroboduus (Marbod). Significant Romanization occurred when the town was selected as the garrison of the Legio XV ''Apollinaris'' . A few years later it became the centre of the Roman fortifications along the Danube from Vindobona ( Vienna ) to Brigetio (Ó-Szőny), and (under Trajan or Hadrian ) the permanent quarters of Legio XIV ''Gemina'' . It was also a very old mart for the Amber brought to Italy from the north. It was created a municipium by Hadrian (''Aelium Carnuntum''). Marcus Aurelius resided there for three years (172-175) during the war against the Marcomanni , and wrote part of his ''Meditations''. Septimius Severus , at the time governor of Pannonia, was proclaimed emperor there by the soldiers (193). In the 4th Century it was destroyed by the Germans, and, although partly restored by Valentinian I , it never regained its former importance, and Vindobona became the chief military centre. It was finally destroyed by the Hungarians in the Middle Ages . ARCHAEOLOGY The ruins of ancient Carnuntum are located in Lower Austria , extending over the area of today's villages Petronell-Carnuntum and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg . They are presented to the public in Archaeological Park Carnuntum . MISCELLANEOUS The historical fiction/time travel novel Household Gods is set in 2nd Century Carnuntum during the reign of Marcus Aurelius. REFERENCES SEE ALSO |