page_title: Carnuntum
hierarchical_section_title: Carnuntum
caption_attribution_description: Legionslager Carnuntum: Übersichtsplan (aus Becker, G. &amp; Harl, O. 1983. Archäologie in Österreich) 1. Principia, 2. Praetorium, 3. Tribunenhäuser, 4. Kasernen, 5. Lazarett, 6. Werkstätten und Speicherbauten. &#160; This media shows the protected monument with the number 130261 in Austria. (Commons, de, Wikidata)
context_page_description: Carnuntum was a Roman legionary fortress and headquarters of the Pannonian fleet from 50 AD. After the 1st century, it was capital of the Pannonia Superior province. It also became a large city of 50,000 inhabitants.
  Its impressive remains are situated on the Danube in Lower Austria halfway between Vienna and Bratislava in the Carnuntum Archaeological Park extending over an area of 10 km² near today's villages of Petronell-Carnuntum and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg.
context_section_description: Carnuntum (Carnous, Καρνους, in Ancient Greek according to Ptolemy) was a Roman legionary fortress (castrum legionarium) and headquarters of the Pannonian fleet from 50 AD. After the 1st century, it was capital of the Pannonia Superior province. It also became a large city of 50,000 inhabitants.
  Its impressive remains are situated on the Danube in Lower Austria halfway between Vienna and Bratislava in the Carnuntum Archaeological Park extending over an area of 10 km² near today's villages of Petronell-Carnuntum and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg.
caption: Plan of legionary fortress
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