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It was a Celtic town, the name, which is nearly always found with K on monuments, being derived from Kar, Karn ("rock," "cairn"). Its extensive ruins may still be seen near Hainburg , between Deutsch-Altenburg and Petronell, in Lower Austria.

Its name first occurs in history during the reign of Augustus (AD 6), when Tiberius made it his base of operations in the campaigns against Maroboduus (Marbod). A few years later it became the centre of the Roman fortifications along the Danube from Vindobona ( Vienna) to Brigetio (O-Szdny), and (under Trajan or Hadrian) the permanent quarters of the XIV legion.

It was also a very old mart for the amber brought to ItalyThe Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Italia is a country in the south of Europe, consisting mainly of a boot-shaped peninsula together with two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. To the north, where it borders France, Switzer from the north. It was created a municipium by Hadrian (Aelium Carnuntum). Marcus AureliusImperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus ( April 26, 121 March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. He was born Marcus Annius Catilius Severus and at marriage took the name Marcus Annius Verus . When he was named Emperor, he resided there for three years (172-175) during the war against the MarcomanniThe Marcomanni were a Germanic people, probably related to the Suebi or Suevi. Their name derives from the Old German words for March (frontier) and Men. Drusus attacked them in 9 BC, forcing them into present-day Bohemia. In that region their king Marobo, and wrote part of his Meditations. Septimius SeverusLucius Septimius Severus ( April 11, 146 February 4, 211) was Roman emperor from April 9, 193 to 211. Some scholars claim that he was a Berber, and others claim that he was Punic. He was born at Leptis Magna (62 miles south east of Carthage), on the north, at the time governor of Pannonia, was proclaimed emperor there by the soldiers (193).

In the 4th century3rd century 4th century 5th century other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. Events Definitive declaration of biblical canon: Council of Carthage Demotic is replaced by Gr it was destroyed by the Germans, and, although partly restored by Valentinian IValentinian I ( 321 November 17, 375) was a Roman emperor of the Western Empire ( 364 375). He was born at Cibalis, in Pannonia. He had been an officer of the guard under Julian and Jovian, and had risen high in the imperial service. Of robust frame and d, it never regained its former importance, and Vindobona became the chief military centre. It was finally destroyed by the HungariansThe Republic of Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. It is known locally as the Country of the Magyars or Magyarorszag''. Magyar Koztarsasag ( In Detail) ( Full s in the middle ages.

A special society (Carnuntumverein) exists for the exploration of the numerous ruins, the results of which will be found in J. W. Kubitschek and S. Frankfurter, Führer durch Carnuntum (3rd ed., 1894); see also E. von Sacken, "Die römische Stadt Carnuntum", in Sitzungsberichte dër k. Akad. der Wissenschaften, ix. (Vienna, 1852); article by Kubitschek in Pauly-Wissowa’s Realencyclopddie, iii. part ii. (1899); Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, iii., part i. p. 550.

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