!!!Vindobona

Vindobona, Roman settlement mentioned by Ptolemaios (around 90-168 
A.D.), in the  Peutingersche Tafel, in the  Itinerarium Antonini, and 
in the  Notitia Dignitatum and by Jordanes (around 550), which was to 
become the town of  Vienna. In the 16%%sup th/%  century, first Roman 
finds were unearthed, mostly gravestones, research of the legion camp 
began in 1870; research is difficult since buildings were built on top 
of the Roman settlement in medieval and modern times, extensive 
excavations are impossible, discoveries usually confined to individual 
finds made in the course of building construction work. The name 
Vindobona stems from the Celtic language, and evidence of previous 
Celtic settlements on Bisamberg and Leopoldsberg hills has been found. 
Around 100 A.D., a castellet was built in the area of today´s 
1%%sup st/%  district of Vienna, on a side arm of the River Danube, 
which was the post of the 10%%sup th/%  legion. It was built of stone, 
the floor plan was irregular so as to adapt to the uneven ground, its 
area about 1,850 m%%sup 2/%. Among the remains of the castellet are a 
portion of the main canal along the camp wall to be seen at the fire 
brigade headquarters (Am Hof), parts of officers´ houses (Hoher 
Markt), and remains of buildings at Michaelerplatz. The civilian 
settlement and perhaps a castellet for auxiliary troops were located 
in today´s 3%%sup rd/%  district. In Late Antiquity, Vindobona 
was the headquarters of the commander of the 10%%sup th/%  legion and 
of a naval commander of units moved from  Carnuntum to Vindobona. 
Finds are exhibited in the Museum of History of the City of Vienna and 
in district museums.

!Literature
V. Die Roemer im Wiener Raum, exhibition catalogue, Vienna 
1977; O. Harl, Vindobona. Das roemische Wien, 1979.


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