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  [Projekat Rastko] Aleksandar Jovanovic: FORMS OF BURIAL IN THE TERRITORY OF YUGOSLAVIA IN THE TIME OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
The examples from Viminacium are made of lead; they are cylindrical in form and have a lid with a circular opening in the centre for the tube down which libations were poured.
The anthropological analyses of the material from the cemetery in Viminacium have shown that the skeleton burials from the end of the 1st and the beginning of the 2nd century A.D. belong to the Anadolian and eastern Mediterranean anthropological types.
In Moesia Superior there is evidence of cremation in major urban centers (Viminacium, Scupi, Singidunum) until the fifth decade of the 3rd century A.D. (the latest coins are those of A. Severus in Viminacium and Scupi, and of Philippus I in Singidunum).
www.rastko.org.yu /arheologija/ajovanovic-nekropole.html   (11732 words)

  
 VIMINACIUM (today Kostolac near Požarevac in Yugoslavia)
The exact time of the beginning of the Viminacium year I. was always much discussed, the earliest suggested would be June or July 239 and the latest November 240.
Pick (and some other authors too) suggested that this beginning should be sought in October 239 but in my opinion we (because of the AN XI coins of Philipus I.and II.
The standard representation on reverse is a female figure which is usually identified as standing Moesia Superior or town Viminacium (sometimes it has corona muralis instead of diadem on her head), dressed in a long girdled robe (probably Roman stola), her head turned left (sometimes shown facing).
www2.arnes.si /%7Esspbmate/VIMINACIUM.htm   (554 words)

  
 Viminacium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antoninianus struck in Viminacium mint under Pacatianus to celebrate the 1001 birthday of Rome.
Viminacium was a major city of the Roman province of Moesia (today's Serbia, Bulgaria), and the capital of Moesia superior.
This page was last modified 07:50, 4 August 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Viminacium   (98 words)

  
 MORAVA - Yugoslavia, Section 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
At the very entrance to Pomoravlje, you may turn from the road and pay a short visit to the medieval Smederevo fortress, built on one bank of the Danube.
But if you choose to go towards Djerdap, you have the opportunity to see the famous horse-farm Ljubicevo, then the museum in Pozarevac, which has the valuable display of remains of the Roman city and military camp Viminacium, or the art gallery with the paintings of the world's famous painter, the fascinating Milena Pavlovic Barilli.
Farther on, on the way to Djerdap, down the Danube, you may visit the Srebrno Jezero (Silver Lake) and the city of Golubac, which is situated at the entrance of Djerdap gorge - the longest gorge in Europe.
www.planatours.co.yu /morava.htm   (1016 words)

  
 A Brief History of Roman Viminacium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Roman city of Viminacium is located near the modern town of Kostolac, an hour from Pozarevac in northern Serbia.
Trajan would use Viminacium as his headquarters for the first Dacian war.
It wasnt until the reign of Gordian III was Viminacium granted the title of colonia and was thus given the right to mint copper coinage.
www.albany.edu /~ms7568/site_history.html   (154 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
Image:Antoninianus-Pacatianus-1001-RIC 0006cf.jpg thumb300px[[Antoninianus struck in Viminacium mint (coin) mint under Pacatianus to celebrate the 1001 birthday of Rome.]] '''Viminacium''' was a major city of the Roman Empire Roman province of Moesia (today's Serbia, Bulgaria), and the capital of ''Moesia superior''.
Today Kostolac, a small Serbia Serbian town on the Danube river, is located where Viminacium used to be.
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Viminacium.
www.mauspfeil.net /Viminacium.html   (115 words)

  
 Dividing the Spoils: The Conference of Viminacium (Fall, 337 C.E.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sometime in the fall of the year 337,[1] the three brothers made their way to Viminacium in Pannonia (modern Hungary) — with Constantius coming from Constantinople, Constantine II from Trier, and Constans perhaps from Milan.
There is reason to believe that the exiled Bishop Athanasius of Alexandria was among the members of Constantine II's retinue, and Eusebius of Nicomedia is likely to have accompanied Constantius.
However, it seems unlikely to me that the conference would have been postponed for as long as ten months after the death of Dalmatius the Younger, if only because it was necessary to determine who would take over the provinces he had been responsible for administering.
www.ancientsites.com /aw/Post/185355   (836 words)

  
 1.2.3.2a Eastern Europe and Greece
Roman settlements were what would in a later era be termed frontier towns - more rough and ready than elegant.
Among these was the military colony of Viminacium, capital of Moesia Superior and the key to defense of Eastern Europe.
A military camp since the first century, it became a colony in 239, using the reverse type of Moesia between a bull and a lion, symbols of the legions stationed there.
www.classicalcoins.com /page123a.html   (302 words)

  
 embassy
While this was going on, some were arguing that the bishop of Margus should be given up so that the danger of war, for the sake of one man, might not be brought on the Romans as a whole.
Then laughing, he said that he was a Greek by race and that he had gone for trade to Viminacium, the city of Moesia on the Danube River, and had lived in it for a long time and had married a very rich woman.
He had fought bravely in the later battles with the Romans and the nation of the Akatiri, and, having given his barbarian master, according to the law of the Scythians, what he had gained for himself in the war, he had obtained his freedom.
www29.homepage.villanova.edu /christopher.haas/embassy.htm   (17706 words)

  
 eBay - Viminacium, Coins Ancient, Coins items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Gordian III Æ 29mm of Viminacium, Bull and Lion 
Aemilian Æ24 of Viminacium Goddess between bull and lion 
RR4007 - Philip the Arab AE29mm Viminacium - VF 
www.register-for-free.com /AUCTION_Viminacium_10200510.html   (243 words)

  
 All Empires - Hunnic Empire of Attila   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Roman army was too weak to organize and Attila campaigned nearly unopposed.
Cities including Margus, Singidunum (Belgrade), and Viminacium were destroyed.
A brief truce in 441 was arranged, but war resumed in 443 when the Romans still refused to pay tribute.
www.allempires.com /empires/huns/huns1.htm   (3241 words)

  
 VIMINACIUM : Live Auctions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
These are current listings for Viminacium available on eBay.com.
When you click on the links above, you will be given additional item details, and will then need to login or register to place your bid.
If you are not already registered, you can register here...
www.storespoint.com /auction-viminacium_.htm   (113 words)

  
 eBay - Viminacium, Coins Ancient, Coins items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Hostilian AE25 of Viminacium Moesia between bull and lion 
Hostilian AE26 of Viminacium Moesia between bull and lion 
RR8002 - Trajan Decius AE27 Viminacium - Bull / Lion 
www.register-for-free.com /AUCTION_Viminacium_10200508.html   (243 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Roman Empire, Trebonianus Gallus (251-3 AD), bronze AE26 of Viminacium (Moesia Superior), struck 250-1 AD Obv:
A rare and puzzling, possibly unpublished obverse legend, the formulation of which ("Pius Felix") was more characteristic of the early emperors (Gordian, Philip) that struck coinage during the brief 16-year activity of the Viminacium mint (239-255 AD).
The type and dating - Colonia Viminacium, yr.
www.rudnik.com /rome/anarchy1/htmls/R1530.html   (94 words)

  
 Hills Have Eyes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
With our small force (III Cohors Legionarie, II Cohors Pedites, II Turmae of Equites and some Sagatarii), we are fighting our way to the Danube.
We hope to ford the river and make for the safety of the legion camp at Viminacium.
I fear by the time this reaches you events will already have decided out fate.
members.aol.com /ke6jkm/BITM/index.htm   (379 words)

  
 Ancient coinage of Thrace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The usual type is Dacia standing holding in her hands the standards of Legions V and XIII with their respective ensigns, an eagle and a lion, beneath.
Inscr., P. VIM (Provincia Moesia Superior Colonia Viminacium), with dates AN.
XVI., ranging from A.D. The chief type of the coins of Viminacium is the Province Moesia standing between the standards or the ensigns, a Bull and a Lion, of Legions VII and IV, which were quartered in the Province.
www.snible.org /coins/hn/thrace.html   (8558 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Roman Empire, Philip I (244-9 AD), bronze AE22 of Viminacium (Moesia Superior), struck 244 AD, 7.43g
Moesia between bull and lion, legend: PMS COL VIM / AN V (= yr 5 of colonial Viminacium era = 243/4 AD)
Scarcer, smaller denomination with radiate crown and less than half the weight from the 16-year operation of the Viminacium mint (239-255 AD).
www.rudnik.com /rome/anarchy1/htmls/R2029.html   (87 words)

  
 * Herennia - (Numismatic): Definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Wife of Trajan Decius, 249 - 250 AD Viminacium AE27
Herennia Etruscilla, AE28, Viminacium, Moesia Superior, 250-251 AD, 13.1g
Among cities in the far reaches of the Roman Empire, greatest honor was afforded to those termed Colonies...
www.mimihu.com /numismatic/herennia.html   (46 words)

  
 5377: 20 uncleaned Roman coins 100-450AD - Jeremiah's International Trading Company - Live Auctioneers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
We buy them directly from the excavators of VIMINACIUM IN SERBIA!
The coins come from places such as Viminacium (a Roman town near Kostolats in Serbia).
There were no banknotes in those days and the only banking system (a very basic system offered almost exclusively to the ruling classes) and so all transactions were made in cash (= coins).
liveauctioneers.com /auctions/ebay/742978.html   (345 words)

  
 Campgate Ancient Coins
Greek Imperial AE28 244-249AD Moesia Superior Viminacium Obv.Laur., dr., cuir.
Greek Imperial AE22 244-247AD Moesia Superior Viminacium Obv.Laur., dr., cuir.
Greek Imperial AE28 249-251AD Moesia Superior Viminacium Obv.
www.campgate.com /coins.html   (303 words)

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