Noricum

Noricum, a Roman province, situated between Rhætia on the west and Pannonia on the east, and corresponding to the present states of Austria proper south of the Danube, Styria, Carinthia, and part of Salzburg. The Roman emperor Drusus subdued the native Celtic Norici or Taurisci in 15 B.C. The name survives in the Noric Alps; see ALPS.