Urban Houses in Carnuntum
Location Description
The town of Carnuntum on the Danube River, like Aquincum, was promoted to colonial status in 194 A.D., after having been a municipium. Excavations in the modern zoological garden have revealed part of the town plan and its residential district.
Garden
Urban Houses in Carnuntum
Keywords
- arcades (structural assemblies)AAT:300002580
- corridorsAAT:300004294
- kitchen gardensAAT:300008110
- vestibulesAAT:300083076
Garden Description
The regional house type found often in Pannonia, the so-called corridor house, is characterized by a vestibule or arcade on its narrow front and a central corridor running the length of the house, separating it into two parts. One of these houses (B on plan) on a street corner in Carnuntum exhibits this plan clearly (Fig. 1). South of the house, facing the street and separate from it, are various rooms which were interpreted as shops and workshops. North of the house is an open unpaved courtyard which is usually assumed to have been a garden, perhaps a kitchen garden (G on plan). The neighboring house (A in Fig. 1) to the east is of similar plan, if somewhat more irregular, and it too has an open courtyard at the north (G on plan).
Plans
Dates
unspecified
Bibliography
- E. Swoboda, Carnuntum. Seine Geschichte und seine Denkmäler, 2nd Ed., Vienna, 1964, pp. 155-157, figs. 10-11, pl. 40. (worldcat)
- W. Jobst, Provinzhauptstadt Carnuntum, Vienna, 1983, pp. 156-160, fig. p. 144. (worldcat)