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Petronell Carnuntum near Hainburg in the far east of Lower Austria was the most important Roman settlement on Austrian territory.
The best known monument is the Heidentor (heathen gate), once erected at a former cross-road and at that time, probably an emperor statue was inside.
Both the camp and the civilian town had their own amphitheater at their disposal. Trajan determined the town as capital of Upper Pannonia and Hadrian declared it Municipium. During the Marcomannic Wars Marcus Aurelius pitched his headquarters at this location. Here, Septimus Severus was proclaimed by his troops Roman Emperor. In 350, an earthquake destroyed a large portion of the town. After that it was only frontier town against the Quadi (Germanic tribe) and Sarmatians (iranian people).
Today, Carnuntum is developed to an archaeological park. Roman houses are partially restored to their original state and resurrect the lives of the Romans. Annual Roman games are very popular by families with children.
The Archaeological Park Carnuntum opens daily from end of March till mid of November.
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Petronell-Carnuntum in der Nähe von Hainburg im äußersten Osten Niederösterreichs war die bedeutendste römische Siedlung auf österreichischem Gebiet.
Bekanntestes Denkmal ist das Heidentor, das an einer damaligen Straßenkreuzung errichtet wurde und im Inneren vermutlich eine Kaiserstatue beherbergte.
Sowohl das Heerlager als auch die Zivilstadt verfügten über ein eigenes Amphitheater. Der Ort wurde von Trajan zur Hauptstadt Oberpannoniens bestimmt, von Hadrian zum Municipium. Während der Markomannenkriege schlug Marc-Aurel hier sein Hauptquartier auf. Septimus Severus wurde hier von seinen Truppen zum römischen Kaiser ausgerufen. Im Jahre 350 zerstörte ein Erdbeben einen großen Teil der Stadt. Danach war sie nur noch Frontstadt gegen die Quaden (Volksstamm der Germanen) und Sarmaten (iranischen Reitervölker).
Heute wird Carnuntum zum Archäologie Park ausgebaut. Römische Häuser werden teilweise wieder in ihren ursprünglichen Zustand versetzt und lassen das Leben der Römer wieder auferstehen. Jährlich stattfindende Römerspiele machen es auch bei Familien mit Kindern beliebt.
Der Archäologische Park Carnuntum ist von Ende März bis Mitte November täglich geöffnet.
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LBI ArchPro Carnuntum
Pressekonferenz vom 30.03.2017 | Press conference, 30th March 2017
After the discovery of the gladiator school in 2011, the researchers of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology (LBI ArchPro) have now done a complete scan of the ancient town of Carnuntum (east of Vienna, Austria) by using ground penetrating radar. This project has been undertaken on behalf of the county of Lower Austria. The scientists have revealed, without excavation, an entire city area next to the amphitheater, containing bakeries, taverns and shops – an essential infrastructure for Roman spectacles. Hidden under the later city wall, the radar system detected the remains of a wooden amphitheater located at an intersection of a road that followed the Roman frontier (Danube Limes) and the main road leading back to Rome; a temple for the Quadriviae (Roman goddesses of the cross-roads) was located right next to the building. With this information, we can add yet another chapter to the early history of Roman Carnuntum, one which underlines the significance of Bread and Games on the frontier of the Roman Empire.
Since 2012, the LBI ArchPro and ZAMG (Austrian Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics), on behalf of the county of Lower Austria together with international partners, have explored the ancient town of Carnuntum with custom made, high-resolution magnetometers and ground-penetrating radar systems. The newly completed map reveals, for the first time, the subterranean Roman remains that have been hidden for thousands of years.
After the discovery of the universally unique gladiator school, measurements were taken around the excavated amphitheater of the civil town and the subsequent results revealed an entire city area complete with the necessary infrastructure for the gladiatorial games. The route to the spectacles led the people through the city gates past taverns (tabernae), souvenir shops and food vendors (thermopolia), where street merchants offered their goods for sale and invited the public to linger. Behind one of the taverns, the LBI ArchPro specialists discovered a storage building (horreum) and a large oven, where bread was baked for up to 13,000 spectators. The wine and other foodstuffs were stored in underground cellars.
Just 400 meters from the excavated amphitheater and hidden under the later city wall of the civilian city, the archaeologists found the ground plan of an older and as yet unknown wooden amphitheater. It was strategically placed at the crossroads of the road along the Danube frontier (Danube Limes) and the main connecting route back to Rome, but it was also adjacent to a temple dedicated to the Quadriviae (Roman goddesses of the cross-roads).
Without excavating in the ground, this analysis of the geophysical data has added more exciting chapters to the story of Carnuntum. Not only in Rome were so-called ‘bread and games’ of great importance for the entertainment of the masses, but also in Carnuntum – a frontier-town along the Danube River, at the edge of the Roman Empire and on the border with barbarians to the north.
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Mystery ride at Carnuntum, Austria
Where at ancient times the Romans tried to protect the very Northern frontier of their great empire by building and fortifying the Limes along Danube river - against the Barbarians who tried to invade their territory, one still feels the mystery of these past days.
See the hill of an old Amphitheatre and catch a little impression how people might have felt at those days.