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Carnuntum
Pannonia · Roman province·Austria·Founded 40 CE
Major Danube legionary base and the civilian city that grew beside it. Marcus Aurelius later wrote parts of the Meditations here.
An uninhabited archaeological park and open-air museum near Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria, with reconstructed Roman houses, part of the UNESCO Danube Limes.
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