Viminacium was a major city of the Roman province of Moesia (today's Serbia), and the capital of Moesia Superior. Viminacium was the base camp of Legio VII Claudia, and hosted for some time the IIII Flavia Felix. It was destroyed in 440 by the Huns, but rebuilt by Justinian I. During Maurice’s Balkan campaigns, Viminacium saw destruction by the Avars in 584 and a crushing defeat of Avar forces on the northern Danube bank in 599, destroying Avar reputation for invincibility.

Today Kostolac, a small Serbian town on the Danube river, is located where Viminacium used to be.

Contents 1 Archeological site 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Archeological site

A 1,5 million year old mammoth skeleton was uncovered in the Viminacium site in June 2009^[1].

City of Viminacium in the 4th century

Antoninianus struck in Viminacium mint under Pacatianus to celebrate the 1001 birthday of Rome.

The Roman provinces on the lower Danube and the main roads

Ruins at Viminacium

[edit] See also

• Kostolac Airport

• Archaeological Site of Great Importance

[edit] References

[edit] External links

For more information, visit the official site of Viminacium

• Viminacium
• The coins
• Coin info
• more coin information
• Project Viminacium
• Inscriptions de la Mésie supérieure

Coordinates: 44°43′N 21°10′E / 44.717°N 21.167°E / 44.717; 21.167