!!!Noricum, römische Provinz

Noricum, Roman Province. The name was derived from the Celtic empire  
Regnum Noricum (formed around 200 B.C.), which according to 
historical evidence was the first organized state on Austrian 
territory. It was apparently occupied more or less peacefully by the 
Romans around 15 B.C.; it did not become the Roman province 
Noricum before the reign of Emperor Claudius (41 - 54 A.D.) 
and comprised the area between the River Danube, the Vienna Woods, the 
eastern border of Styria, the Rivers Sava, Isarco and Inn. 
Today´s Vorarlberg, Tirol, Burgenland and eastern Lower Austria 
did not belong to Noricum. The town of  Virunum in today´s 
Zollfeld area was its capital and the centre of administration. 
Noricum set up auxiliary troops for the defence of the Danubian border 
(  Limes). Beginning with the wars against the  Marcomanni, the 
2%%sup nd/%  Italic league was stationed at the mouth of the River 
Enns. The commander of the troops also was provincial governor and had 
his seat in  Lauriacum or  Ovilava. Under Emperor Diokletian 
(284 - 305 A.D.) Noricum was separated into ( Noricum 
ripense) and Noricum mediterraneum along the central range of the Alps 
and the 1%%sup st/%  Norican legion (legio I Noricorum) was set 
up. The situation of Noricum from the middle of the 5%%sup th/% 
century is described in the  Vita Severini. The Romans left Noricum at 
the order of  Odoaker in 488 A.D., and the Danube area was 
disconnected from Italy; however, south of the Alps the Roman era did 
not end until the invasion of the Slavs and the Avars around 
600 A.D.  Pannonia,  Retia,  Roman Era,  Roman Roads.

!Literature
G. Winkler, Die Reichsbeamten von Noricum und ihr 
Personal, 1969; G. Alfoeldy, Noricum, 1974; P. Pleyel, Das Roemische 
Oesterreich, %%sup 2/%1994.


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