Category: Fort
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Acumincum
Acuminkum (lat. Acumincum, in Serbian Gradina) is an ancient fortress and a medieval fortress located on the banks of the Danube, on a loess plateau. The name Acuminkum itself is originally a Celtic word. The Roman fort was built on the dominant hill “Gradin”, above the present-day Stari Slankamen, on the right bank of the…
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Bassianae
The remains of the Roman city of Bassianae are located north of the village of Donji Petrovci, along its outskirts, in the village pasture. It is situated on a raised plateau, which rises above the level of the surrounding terrain by 1.5 to 3 m. The Međeš stream flows from the western side of the…
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Ritium
Surduk Reconnaissance and small-scale archaeological research conducted in 1955 at the site of Gradina, located on the elevated bank of the Danube, revealed the remains of an early Roman settlement from the 1st century and a Roman military camp with a necropolis of the 2nd-4th centuries. Also, surface finds of Roman construction and other mobile…
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Burgenae
Novi Banovci fortress The remains of the Roman fortification and the large settlement of Burgena (Burgenae) are located on the bank of the Danube, on a high ridge, which today is called Gradina or Purger. In this military camp were stationed cohorts I Thracum civium Romanorum, III Alpinorumcuneus, and in late antiquity equituum Constantianorum, equites…
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Belegiš
In the profile of the Danube bank at the place of “Duvarine”, it was previously observed that the foundations of the walls were made of lime mortar. In the coastal zone below this profile, abundant Roman archaeological material was isolated. It is probably a smaller military fortification that is directly connected to the castrum in…
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Trajan’s Bridge and Pontes Fortress
The remains of Trajan’s bridge and Pontes castrum are located near the village of Kostol, 5 km downstream from Kladovo. The bridge, built between 103 and 105, is the work of the Syrian architect Apollodorus of Damascus. The length of the bridge with portals was 1133.90 m, and the part over the riverbed was 1071…
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Lederata
Catra Lederata near Ram The course of the Danube near Ram turns to the north and makes a big bend, bypassing rocky and extremely steep cliffs, over 30 m high. Opposite Ram, closer to the left bank, a larger river island, ada Sapaja, was formed by drifts of river silt and sand, which was submerged…