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Austria. / 48.200°N 16.350°E / 48.200; 16.350. Austria, [e] formally the Republic of Austria, [f] is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. [13] It is a federation of nine federal states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and federal state.
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Early references to Vindobona are made by the geographer Ptolemy in his Geographica and the historian Aurelius Victor, who recounts that emperor Marcus Aurelius died in Vindobona on 17 March 180 from an unknown illness while on a military campaign against invading Germanic tribes. Today, there is a Marc-Aurelstraße(English: Marcus Aurelius street) ...
Archaeological remains
Remains of the Roman military camp have been found at many sites in the centre of Vienna. The centre of the Michaelerplatz has been widely investigated by archaeologists. Here, traces of a Roman legionary outpost (canabae legionis) and of a crossroad have been found. The centrepiece of the current design of the square is a rectangular openingthat evokes the archaeological excavations at the site and shows wall remains that have been preserved from different epochs. Part of a Roman canal syste...
Evidence for the Roman military presence
Over 3,000 stamped bricks, several stone monuments and written sources prove that several legions, cavalry units and marines were stationed in Vindobona. Around 97 AD, Legio XIII Gemina was responsible for construction of the legionary camps. Because of the wars in Dacia, they were pulled out and redeployed in 101 AD. A decade later, Legio XIIII Gemina Martia Victrix followed. Legio X Gemina from Aquincum arrived in 114 AD and remained in Vindobona until the 5th century.[citation needed] Abou...
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The Romans provided their cities, including Vindobona, with clean potable water through an elaborate systems of Roman aqueducts, canals, and large subterranean pipes. Excavations have revealed that Vindobona received its supply through a 17 km long water pipeline.[citation needed] The source is in the Vienna Woods around today's Kalksburg. Wells, latrines and the thermae were supplied with water. Central buildings such as the commander's office and the hospital had their own supplies, as did...
In the American film Gladiator (2000), Maximus (Russell Crowe) fights in the battle of Vindobona under the order of Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). There are also two lines that make reference to...The historical novel Votan by Welsh writer John Jamesbegins in "Vindabonum" and imagines 2nd century C.E. life there.Michaela Kronberger: Siedlungschronologische Forschungen zu den canabae legionis von Vindobona. Die Gräberfelder (Monographien der Stadtarchäologie Wien Band 1). Phoibos Verlag, Wien 2005. (in German)Christine Ranseder e.a., Michaelerplatz. Die archäologischen Ausgrabungen. Wien Archäologisch 1, Wien 2006. ISBN 3-901232-72-9. (in German)Vindobona. Die Reise in das antike Wien. DVD-Rom, 2004. (in German)Vindobona II. Wassertechnik des antiken Wiens. DVD-Rom, 2005. (in German)Media related to Vindobonaat Wikimedia Commons 1. Wien Museum | Ausgrabungsstätten (in German) 2. Forschungsgesellschaft Wiener Stadtarchäologie | Legionslager Vindobona (in German) 3. Animationsfilme zu vindobona (in German) 4. Seite mit sehenswerter Rekonstruktion des Lagertores (in German) 5. Livius.org: Vindobona (Vienna) Archived 2013-04-03 at...
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Austria is more than a thousand years old. Its history can be followed to the ninth century. At that time the first people moved to the land now known as Austria. The name "Ostarrichi" is first written in an official document from 996. Since then this word has developed into the Modern German word Österreich, which literally means "East Empire."
Lorely French. Romani Literature in Austria: An Overview. Roma history in Austria is more than 600 years old, but the publication of their oral and written literature only began in the 1990s. Chroniclers in Eastern Europe recorded the arrival of wandering groups of people in regions of today’s Austria in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Geografia Austriei. ( { {PAGENAME}}) / 47.117°N 9.583°E. Austria este o țară alpină, fiind una dintre cele mai muntoase țări ale Europei. Fiind situate în Alpi, vestul și sudul Austriei sunt renumite ca o destinație a sporturilor de iarnă. Lanțurile muntoase estice ale Alpilor ocupă 70% din teritoriul său, lanțuri care se ...
