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Singidunum (Belgrade) Yugoslavia. Roman town was on the high cliff overlooking the confluence of the Sava and Danube.
This strategic position had been occupied as early as the Neolithic period, and
the Roman castrum itself lies above the remains of a Celtic settlement. The city
of Belgrade and the Fortress of Kalemegdan, whose mediaeval, Turkish, and modern
ramparts were built above the Roman walls, now occupy the original site of the
castrum and settlement.
Legio IV Flavia was stationed at Singidunum in the late 1st c. A.D.
and traces of the walls of its camp are visible in the upper fortress of the Kalemegdan.
The town had been founded earlier in the century. The Roman Danubian fleet was
also stationed here after being transferred from Viminacium, and a bridge was
constructed across the Sava below the fort. Singidunum became a municipium in
169 and a colony in 239. The city suffered in the Gothic and Hunnic invasions
of the 4th and 5th c. and came under Slavic control in the late 6th c.
Parts of walls belonging to the original castrum and to structures
within the fort have been revealed under and near the W wall of the upper fortress
of the Kalemegdan. The ancient city spread S at least as far as the present Republic
Square. The main cemetery of Singidunum lay farther S and many graves were discovered
during the construction and later repair of the parliament building. Graves have
also been found in other parts of the city. The most significant early structure
yet found is a Roman temple, only partially excavated, which was discovered beneath
the foundations of the national bank on July 7th Street.
The Museum of Military History in the Kalemegdan presents an informative
display of weapons and armor that belonged to the inhabitants of the site of Singidunum,
and other Serbian towns, from prehistoric times to the present, as well as models
and drawings of ancient fortifications. The National Museum of Belgrade on Republic
Square is the largest museum in Yugoslavia and contains many of the discoveries
from Belgrade as well as from other sites in Yugoslavia.
J. Wiseman, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Dec 2005 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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