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Province, 117 CE
Noricum
Imperial province, equestrian procuratorCapital: VirunumRoman since 15 BCE
A former client kingdom absorbed peacefully around 15 BCE, famous in antiquity for its iron — ferrum Noricum was the standard by which Roman writers judged sword steel. Virunum, its capital on the Zollfeld plain, never needed walls: Noricum's annexation was so uncontested it kept almost no permanent garrison.
A former client kingdom absorbed peacefully around 15 BCE, alongside the same Alpine campaigns that took Raetia.
11 places on the map
- Celje · Beneficiarii Station
- Huttenberg Iron Mines · Mine
- Loig Palace Villa · Villa
- Maria Saal · Beneficiarii Station
- Mautern Roman Fort · Auxiliary Fort
- Mosnje Roman Villa · Villa
- Passau-Innstadt Roman Fort · Auxiliary Fort
- Pöchlarn Roman Fort · Auxiliary Fort
- Tulln Roman Fort · Auxiliary Fort
- Zeiselmauer Roman Fort · Auxiliary Fort
- Zwentendorf Roman Fort · Auxiliary Fort
Sources
- Pliny the Elder, Natural History 34.145 (Noric iron)
- Barrington Atlas
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