NORICUM

nŏrˈĭkəm, province of the Roman Empire. It corresponded roughly to modern Austria S of the Danube and W of Vienna. It was bordered on the west by Rhaetia and on the east by Pannonia. Noricum was incorporated into the Roman Empire in 16 b.c. It prospered for centuries, then declined and was overrun by German tribes in the 5th cent.

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The Celts
Book by Sabatino Moscati, Otto Hermann Frey, Venceslas Kruta, Barry Raftery, Miklós Szabó; Rizzoli, 1991
Subjects: Art, Celtic--Exhibitions, Civilization, Celtic--Exhibitions
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The Economic and Social Foundations of European Civilization
Book by Alfons Dopsch; K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1937
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval, Europe--History--392-814, Germanic Peoples
...Tyrol --Bavaria--Patron Saints--Domain land royal palaces --Noricum--Bias of the Vita Severini--The walch places--Barschalken...Salzburg--falsifications of history--Lauriacum --Vienna--Binnen-Noricum--General survival of the towns--The meaning of the term barbari...
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The Western Frontiers of Imperial Rome
Book by Steven K. Drummond, Lynn H. Nelson; M.E. Sharpe, 1994
Subjects: Frontier And Pioneer Life--Rome, Frontier Thesis, Rome--Army, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D
...Pannonia and Upper Moesia: A History of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire , pp. 39, 80-81; Geza Alfoldy, Noricum , pp. 52-62. See also Grant, The Climax of Rome , p. 16. 48. Mocsy, Pannonia and Upper Moesia , pp. 80-120...
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The Roman World
Book by Victor Chapot; Biblo-Tannen
Subjects: Rome--History
...363 1. Raetia , 868. -- 2. Noricum , 867. -- 8. Illyria-Dalmatia , 369 . -- 4. Pannonia...without order or predetermined course. When they reached Noricum, after crossing the Danube, they called upon the inhabitants...
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Franks, Moravians, and Magyars: The Struggle for the Middle Danube, 788-907
Book by Charles R. Bowlus; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995
Subjects: Danube River Valley--History, Europe, Central--History
...passes to the Drava in the province of Noricum Mediterraneum. Routes running east-west...Roman towns on this eastern route through Noricum Mediterraneum were Dobbiaco, Spital...established to Salzburg in the province of Noricum Ripense. In addition, the Romans established...
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Financial Development and Small Firms Financing in Slovenia
Journal article by Maria Minniti, Lidija Polutnik; Comparative Economic Studies, 1999
Subjects: Corporate reorganizations--Economic aspects, Privatization (Business)--Economic aspects, Privatization--Economic aspects, Slovenia--Economic policy
...Federal Reserve System, 1996. (30.) Bank of Slovenia. 1996, p.39. (31.) Ibid. p.35. (32.) In 1996 Bank Celje acquired Banka Noricum from Ljubljana, while Nova Ljubljanska Banka acquired Maribor based E Banka, and Posavska Banka, a regional bank from Krsko...


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Speaking in Many Tongues: Why the Church Must Be More Catholic
Magazine article by Peter C. Phan; Commonweal, Vol. 134, January 12, 2007
Subjects: Catholicism--Analysis, Church discipline--Analysis, Church discipline--Forecasts and trends
...being monolithic; as historian Peter Brown has shown, it contained great linguistic and cultural diversity, for example in Noricum, Ireland, Francia, Frisia, Germany, and Rome (see Browns The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity AD 200-1000...


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encyclopedia articles on: Noricum  - 8 results

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Noricum
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NORICUM nor ik m, province of the Roman Empire. It corresponded roughly to modern Austria S of the Danube and W of Vienna. It was bordered on the west by Rhaetia and on the east by Pannonia. Noricum was incorporated into the Roman Empire in 16 b.c. It prospered for centuries, then declined and was overrun by German tribes...
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Lombards
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the lower Elbe. After obscure migrations they were allowed (547) by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I to settle in Pannonia and Noricum (modern Hungary and E Austria). In 568, under the leadership of Alboin , they invaded N Italy and established a kingdom with...
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Styria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Alpine resorts, and tourism is a major source of revenue. Styria was originally settled by Celts and later was part of Roman Noricum and Pannonia. It was made a duchy in 1180 and in 1192 passed to the Austrian house of Babenberg. Ottocar II of Bohemia successfully...
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Upper Austria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...machinery, sports equipment, shoes, optical utensils, and textiles. The area of Upper Austria was included in the Roman province of Noricum. In 1156 it was made a duchy by Frederick I and given to the Babenberg dukes of Austria. The province was invaded by the...
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Salzburg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...History Originally inhabited by Celts, the territory was conquered by the Romans and became part of the province of Noricum. After the fall of the Roman Empire, its history followed that of the city of Salzburg. An ancient Celtic settlement, and later...
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