Carnuntum, a Celtic town of Pannonia, on the Danube, important in Roman days as a trading and garrison post, and station of the Danube flotilla. Only extensive ruins of the town, which was destroyed by the invading Magyars in the 9th century, now remain, about 16 miles E. of Vienna.
Carnuntum
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 781
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