Noreia

[[Image:Cimbrians and Teutons invasions.svg|thumb|Migrations of the Cimbri and Teutons, including the location of Noreia.
[[Image:Battle icon gladii red.svg|15px]] Cimbri and Teutons defeats.
[[Image:Battle icon gladii green.svg|15px]] Cimbri and Teutons victories.]] '''Noreia''' was an ancient city in the eastern [[Alps]], the capital of the kingdom of [[Noricum]]. Its location has so far not been determined precisely. Some researchers think that Noreia can be identified with the excavated Celtic-Roman settlement on the [[Magdalensberg]] in [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]], [[Austria]]. Others place it in [[Zollfeld]], Carinthia, or in the area of [[Liebenfels]] in the [[Glan (Gurk)|Glan]] river valley. Another possibility, favoured today, is the Gracarca, a hill beside the [[Klopeiner See]] in Carinthia, an area where several graves of Celtic princes have been found. It is also possible that there is more than one location named Noreia. There seem to be two identical entries in the [[Tabula Peutingeriana]], a 4th century road map. On the map an older Noreia, about 3.5 km in diameter, and a new city of the same name, measuring 7.5 by 3.4 km, can be found in the region of modern [[Styria (state)|Styria]]. It is more probable, though, that the double entry of a Roman station called Noreia is a copyist's error. In the neighborhood of the city in 113 BCE [[Cimbri]] and [[Teutons]] defeated a Roman army at the [[Battle of Noreia]]. It is also not known whether the location of the battle and the capital of Noricum are the same city. == Literature == *Karin Erika Haas-Trummer, ''Noreia. Von der fiktiven Keltensiedlung zum mittelalterlichen Adelssitz. Eine historische und archäologische Spurensuche bis 1600'', Wien - Köln - Weimar 2007. *Stefan Seitschek, "Noreia - Viele Antworten, keine Lösung", ''Keltische Forschungen'' 3 (2008), 221-244. ==External links== *[http://www.noreia.at/Mam.html www.noreia.at: Noreia - Research, history, and mythology] {{de icon}} {{de}} {{coord missing|Austria}}