The first Romans in Carnuntum
Outside the western gate of the Roman town the surveys have revealed an extensive street village located alongside the Roman road to Vindobona (Vienna). Underneath the remains of this village - hidden in the deeper layers of the digital data volumes - the scientists of the LBI ArchPro discovered a typical fortification ditch of a Roman military camp placed directly adjacent to the Danube River, enclosing an area of more than six football pitches (57,600 m2). Due to its superposition under later Roman buildings, the researchers conclude that this camp has been one of the earliest military camps constructed during the Roman occupation of the Carnuntum area.
Outside the municipal area of Carnuntum, numerous further temporary military camps of as-yet unknown date have been discovered. Based on historical records, it is known that troops had been repeatedly concentrated in the region due to the strategic importance of Carnuntum located at the northern border of the Roman Empire. In the end of the second century AD, military campaigns against the Marcomanni were organized from Carnuntum by Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Further military camps in the immediate vicinity of the town of Carnuntum have been revealed by the continued measurements of the research project, and was completed by the end of the year 2014.