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Upper Danube: The Military Amphitheater at Carnuntum
Governor’s loge at Carnuntum military amphitheater (© 1999 BFA Documentary Photography).
Carnuntum
became a base for military operations led by Tiberius against the
Marcomanni, a Germanic tribal confederacy. Between AD 35 and 40, legio
XV erected a military camp initiating Roman settlement in Carnuntum,
which became one of the largest and most important fortresses on the
Danube.
The municipium
or civilian town of Carnuntum (now an open air museum) lies beneath the
modern town of Petronell. Excavated residential and commerical zones of
Carnuntum contain areas of private houses and workshops, streets of
retail stores, public baths, and lavatories. In a hollow 100 m
northeast of the camp was built the military amphitheater, with a
special loge or seating area for the Roman governor.
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