Noricum (/ ˈnɒrɪkəm /) is the Latin name for the kingdom or federation of tribes [1] that included most of modern Austria and part of Slovenia. In the first century AD, it became a province of the Roman Empire.

Noricum, region of Europe north of what is now Italy, roughly comprising modern central Austria and parts of Bavaria, Ger. Noricum was originally a kingdom controlled by a Celtic confederacy that dominated an earlier Illyrian population.

Noric steel is a historical steel from Noricum, a kingdom located in modern Austria and Slovenia. The proverbial hardness of Noric steel is expressed by Ovid : "...durior [...] ferro quod noricus excoquit ignis..."

The Kingdom of Noricum or the Kingdom of Noric, in Latin Noricvm Regnvm or Regnvm Noricvm (/ ˈ r ɛ ɡ n ə m / / ˈ n ɒr ɪ k ə m /) was a Celtic kingdom or federation of tribes that included most of modern Austria, parts of western Slovenia and a smaller part of northern Croatia.

Nov 24, 2021 · The provinces Noricum, Raetia, and Dacia served as a buffer protecting Roman Empire against any possible outside threat. However, the region posed several internal problems for Rome: Pannonia and its...

Aug 8, 2020 · This giant campaign finally ended the autonomy of the Kingdom of Noricum, which (largely) peacefully submitted into becoming a Roman province. The Eastern Alps were portioned into three provinces- Raetia, Noricum (which contained most of the former kingdom), and Pannonia Superior.

Noricum was a Roman Province located in the territory of modern Austria and Slovenia. 1. History. Between 1200-800 BCE, Noricum was occupied by the Hallstatt Culture (1200-475 BCE). Hallstadt is the village where the Bronze Age Celts lived and worked the Hallstatt Salt Mine.

Apr 2, 2025 · Very similar to the Raetia province, Noricum throughout the existence of the Roman Empire was a frontier province in direct contact with the Germanic tribes across the Danube. Several fortifications ( limes ) guarded both the river crossings and passes through the Alps.

Jul 15, 2017 · Noricum was once a Celtic kingdom under the leadership of the Noric tribe on a large part of the territory of present-day Austria as well as adjacent regions of Bavaria (east of the Inn) and Slovenia, which later became a province of the Roman Empire under the designation Provincia Noricum.

Noricum, a Roman province in the eastern Alps, south of the Danube, between *Raetia and *Pannonia with a predominantly *Celtic population. Though the Taurisci were the chief tribe, Noricum (apparently derived from the Norici dwelling round Noreia, the ancient capital) became in the first part of the 2nd cent. bce the name of the Celtic *federal ...