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Virunum's Amphitheatre, southern part, near Maria Saal, with Zollfeld and Ulrichsberg
The Amphitheatre of Virunum, northern part
Carriage (to the underworld?) from a Roman tomb at Virunum. Today on the south wall of Maria Saal village church

Claudium Virunum was a Roman city in the province of Noricum, on today's Zollfeld in the Austrian State of Carinthia. Virunum may also have been the name of the older Celtic-Roman settlement on the hilltop of Magdalensberg nearby. Virunum (Virunensis) is today a Catholic titular see.

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Virunum

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Claudium Virunum was a Roman city in the province of Noricum, on today's Zollfeld in the Austrian State of Carinthia. Virunum may also have been the name...

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Noricum

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was founded around 400 BC, and had its capital at the royal residence at Virunum on the Magdalensberg. Around 800 BC, the region was inhabited mostly by...

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Maria Saal

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province of the Roman Empire in 15 BCE, Emperor Claudius had the city of Virunum erected as the province's capital at the foot of the nearby Magdalensberg...

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Zollfeld

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Noricum, when under the rule of Emperor Claudius (41–54 AD) the city of Virunum was established as the province's capital, replacing - or maybe identical...

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Aquileia

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Innsbruck), from which branched off the road into Noricum, leading by Virunum (Klagenfurt) to Laurieum (Lorch) on the Danube, the road leading via Emona...

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Priscia gens

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several are known from inscriptions. A family of this name settled at Virunum in Noricum. The nomen Priscius is derived from the common cognomen Prīscus...

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Saturnalia

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by Roger Beck, "Qui Mortalitatis Causa Convenerunt: The Meeting of the Virunum Mithraists on June 26, A.D. 184," Phoenix 52 (1998), p. 340. One of the...

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Mithraism

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July) as a season especially associated with Mithraic festivities. The Virunum album, in the form of an inscribed bronze plaque, records a Mithraic festival...

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Pannonian Basin

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western fringe of the basin as well as part of the Eastern Alps, as far as Virunum. The southern fringe of the basin was in Dalmatia and Moesia. The eastern...

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Warini

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is called Warnemünde. Ptolemy also plotted the position of a town named Virunum at 40°30' longitude and 55° latitude using his system. This was however...

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City on the Magdalensberg

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particularly for Noric iron. However, with the establishment of the Roman city of Virunum on the Zollfeld, the settlement was ultimately abandoned, with a documented...

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Carinthia

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Noreia, possibly located in the Zollfeld basin near the later Roman city of Virunum. Known for the production of salt and iron, the Kingdom maintained intensive...

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List of Roman amphitheatres

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Solva (Leibnitz)) Virunum Magdalensberg Austria 46°41′53″N 14°22′01″E / 46.697951°N 14.366943°E / 46.697951; 14.366943 (Virunum (Magdalensberg)) Augusta...

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History of Austria

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Magdalensberg in the early 1st century b.c., later replaced by the Roman town Virunum. Fortified hilltop settlements (oppida), e.g. Kulm (east Styria), Idunum...

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Prevalje

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The stones belonged to a large tomb on the Roman road from Celeia to Virunum. At the nearby Brančurnik Inn, a Roman sarcophagus known as the Brančurnik...

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List of archaeological sites by country

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Sandberg Celtic city Großmugl Carnuntum Vindobona Iuvavum Flavia Solva Virunum Gravesites of Pannonian Avars at Sigleß Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape...

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Quartinia gens

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origin. At least two of them were associated with the temple of Mithras at Virunum in Noricum, one in the late second century, the other early in the fourth...

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Pincum relief

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numerous Attica sarcophagi. Artistic analogies are a relief from Maria Saal (Virunum, Noricum) and two images from Dunaújváros (Intercisa, Pannonia). ] | [-...

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Ancient Celtic women

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inverted cone which was especially common in the first century AD around Virunum. It was worn with a veil and rich decoration and indicated women of the...

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List of Catholic dioceses in Austria

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Archdiocese of Lauriacum Ancient Diocese of Aguntum Ancient Diocese of Virunum Roman Catholic Diocese of Wiener Neustadt Excluding precursors of present...

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Antonio Mattiazzo

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On 16 November 1985, Pope John Paul II named him titular archbishop of Virunum, Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d'Ivoire, and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to both Burkina...

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Tertinia gens

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second century. Gaius Tertinius Statutus, formerly an aedile, buried at Virunum in Noricum, in a tomb built by his wife, Catronia Severa, dating from the...

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Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps

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decline of ancient dioceses (Emona, Celeia, Poetovio, Aguntum, Teurnia, Virunum, Scarabantia) in the respective area. In 588 the Slavs reached the area...

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Jupiter Dolichenus

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Austria). Beliandrum, Noricum (present-day Feldkirchen, Austria). Virunum, Noricum (near present-day Maria Saal, Kärnten, Austria). Vetoniana, Raetia...

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List of Roman theatres

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Theatre at Virunum Claudium Virunum Zollfeld Austria 46°41′49.5″N 14°22′09.6″E / 46.697083°N 14.369333°E / 46.697083; 14.369333 (Theatre at Virunum) 70 metres...

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Oscar Rizzato

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was ordained to the priesthood in 1954. He was created titular bishop of Virunum and served as Papal Almoner to the Pope. He died of complications from...

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