Lauriacum

Lauriacum (or Laureacum) was an important legionary Roman town on the Danube Limes in Austria [1]. Initially only a small Roman settlement was located at a ford over the Enns [1]. The legionary camp was subsequently also part of the fortifications of the limes and probably from the 3rd to the 5th century continuously occupied with Roman troops [1]. In the north and south-west was an extensive civilian settlement, which was probably raised to the municipality in the early third century and rose to the bishop's seat of the northern Noricum in the 5th century [1]. Grave fields could also be found at numerous places inside and outside the settlement area [1]. In the late period, it became the base for a patrol boat fleet and the production site of a state shield factory [1].