Viggen Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 I was last weekend in Carnuntum and found out that in 308AD there was a big council in Carnuntum. After the abdication of Emperor Diocletian in 305 AD it was necessary to make fundamental reforms to the administration of the _Emppire, in order to maintain unity. Empires political problems were triggered by the rules of succession to the tetrarchy. The historic conference between Diocletian, Galerius and Maximian took place in November 308 AD (must have been bloody cold) The result of the conference (Galerius as the eastern augustus, Licinius as the western augustus) led directly to renewed fighting, which lasted until Emperor Constantine siezed sole power in 326 AD. Testimony to this internation event can be seen today in the vitive altar in the Archaeological Museum Carnuntinum in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, which was dedicted by the conference participants on teh occasion of the renovation of a Mithras shrine. ... thats the information i got from the official museum papers, anyone else got some more information on the conference of Carnuntum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 I had completely missed that it was there it took place. Would you have a picture of the mentioned altar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted August 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 ...I made allot of photos, but they are still all in the camera, I cant recall in seeing the altar, and defenitely didnt see it presented "highlighted". I read about that council in the open air museum, but the altar is a few kilometer further in another "museum", i let you know as a search on google didnt produce anything... cheers viggen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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