Virunum

Claudium Virunum was a Roman city in the province of Noricum, on today's Zollfeld in the Austrian State of Carinthia [1]. Municipium Claudium Virunum, or simply, Virunum, was founded under Emperor Claudius as the capital of the province of Noricum succeeding the town upon the hilltop of Magdalensberg, perhaps also taking its name from that settlement, which is widely believed to have been the royal capital city of the pre-Roman Celtic kingdom of Noricum, a town whose name is, as yet, not known [1]. The new Roman foundation was situated on the main route from the Adriatic to the Danube [1]. The city had the Latin Right and was the seat of the provincial governor till the middle of the 2nd century [1]. When Emperor Diocletian split the large province of Noricum, Virunum became the capital of the province of Noricum mediterraneum [1]. The city proper covered an area of about one square kilometre [1].