Noricum ripense

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The Illyrian Provinces around AD 400

Noricum ripense ( Ufernoricum ) was a Roman province that emerged in the early 4th century when the former province of Noricum was divided .

Geographical breakdown

The province was north of the main Alpine ridge and belonged to the Dioecesis Pannoniae (from 395 Dioecesis Illyrici occidentale ). It included the areas of today's federal states of Upper Austria , Salzburg , as well as the southwestern part of Lower Austria ( Mostviertel ) and the Bavarian Chiemgau . What is meant by "Ufer" -Noricum is the Danube bank.

history

The new administrative unit was created in the course of the Diocletian reforms in the early 4th century by dividing the former Noricum . Militarily it was assigned to the Dux Pannoniae Primae et Norici Ripensis . King Odoacer ordered the resettlement of the Celto-Roman population from Noricum ripense to Italy in 488 . Contrary to earlier views, this order was probably only obeyed by a part of the Provençals. Name continuity in toponyms as well as an abundance of archaeological finds prove a broad cultural continuity beyond the official breakdown of the Roman administration and connect the Roman period through late antiquity with the early Middle Ages .

See also

literature

  • I. Bóna: The Huns in Noricum and Pannonia - their story in the context of the Great Migration . In: D. Straub (Hrsg.): Severin between Roman times and migrations . 1982, pp. 179-200.
  • R. Bratoz: Severinus von Noricum and his time - historical notes . 1983.
  • Helmut Castritius : The border defense in Raetien and Noricum in the 5th century AD - A contribution to the end of antiquity . In: H. Wolfram u. A. Schwarz (Ed.): The Bavarians and their neighbors Volume 1. 1985, pp. 17-28.