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Timacum Minus is archeological site located in Ravna, Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. Site was declared Monument of Culture of Great Importance in 1979, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia.

History

Timacum Minus is the oldest military fort in Timočka Krajina

Timočka Krajina

Timočka Krajina is a geographical region located in Serbia. It is situated in eastern Serbia around the Timok River. The population of Timočka Krajina is 284,112 .-Name:...

, Eastern Serbia. The archeological site is located SE from a small village of Ravna, north from Knjaževac

Knjaževac

Knjaževac is a town and municipality situated in the eastern part of Serbia bordering the Republic of Bulgaria and is part of Timočka Krajina region. It is found between the latitudes of 43°20' and 43°45' north and between the longitudes 22°11' and 22°41' east. The town is situated between three...

, near White Timok River. Fortress and nearby village was dated in 1st century AD, and last up until Justinian's

Justinian I

Justinian I ; , ; 483– 13 or 14 November 565), commonly known as Justinian the Great, was Byzantine Emperor from 527 to 565. During his reign, Justinian sought to revive the Empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the classical Roman Empire.One of the most important figures of...

restore of the empire in 6th century. Only few kilometers away from the fortress, on the slope of the Slog hill, two roman necropolis were found, with numerous findings and burial gifts (jewelry, ceramic and glass vessels, money, etc...).
Archeological findings from this site are mostly presented in the County Museum of Knjaževac and as well in the archeo-ethno

Ethnology

Ethnology is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the ethnic, racial, and/or national divisions of humanity.-Scientific discipline:Compared to ethnography, the study of single groups through direct...

park on site, where Lapidarium

Lapidarium

A lapidarium is a place where stone monuments and fragments of archaeological interest are exhibited - stone epigraphs, statues, architectural details like columns, cornices and acroterions, as well as tombstones and sarcophagi....

is formed.

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