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Province of Noricum Provincia Noricum | |||||||||||||
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Province of the Roman Empire | |||||||||||||
16 BC–476 | |||||||||||||
The province of Noricum in 125, in the reign of emperor Hadrian. | |||||||||||||
Capital | Virunum | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||||||||
• Incorporated into the province | 16 BC | ||||||||||||
• Divided to Noricum Ripense and Noricum Mediterraneum | c. 296 | ||||||||||||
• Odoacer's conquest and incorporated with his Italian Realm | 476 | ||||||||||||
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Noricum (/ˈnɒrɪkəm/) is the Latin name for the kingdom or federation of tribes[1] that included most of modern Austria and part of Slovenia. In the first century AD, it became a province of the Roman Empire. Its borders were the Danube to the north, Raetia and Vindelici to the west, Pannonia to the east and south-east, and Italia (Venetia et Histria) to the south. The kingdom was founded around 400 BC, and had its capital at the royal residence at Virunum on the Magdalensberg.[2][3]