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Carnuntum

Carnuntum was a Roman legionary fortress and town on the Danube between Vienna and Bratislava, in present-day Lower Austria. Capital of the province of Pannonia Superior, it lay on the Amber Road and was a base for Marcus Aurelius in the Marcomannic Wars. Septimius Severus was proclaimed emperor there in 193, and an imperial conference met there in 308.

Carnuntum
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Carnuntum. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/carnuntum
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