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Coordinates:45°08′42″N20°15′12″E / 45.145075°N 20.253253°E /45.145075; 20.253253

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Ancient Roman settlement in Serbia

Acumincum
Interactive map of Acumincum

Acumincum was an ancientRoman settlement, located in the present day town ofStari Slankamen,Serbia.

History

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In the 3rd century BC, the area was inhabited byCeltic Scordisci. In the 1st century BC, the fort was conquered byRomans and the settlement was known asAcumincum (acumen, point^[1]). It was in theRoman province ofPannonia as a fort on thePannonian Limes,^[2] and was noted by ancient geographersPtolemy (who wrote, inGreek, Ἀκούμιγκον)^[3] and theGeographer of Ravenna.^[4] The name also appears asAcimincum and in thePeutingerian Table, the name is writtenAcunum.^[5]

A Flavian fort was strategically situated for monitoring the lands beyond the Tisza river, thecohors I Britannica equitata^[6] andII Adjutrix^[7] were based in the town.Jupiter Dolichenus sculptures have been found in the town.^[8] Roman fortifications were excavated in the site of Dugorep.^[2]

Slavs settled in this area in the 6th century. Old Slavic graves dating from the 6th and 7th century have been found in Slankamen. During theMiddle Ages, Slankamen was a fortified city and was first mentioned in 1072 as Castrum Zalankemen.Arsenije I Bogdanović from Srem, the second Serb archbishop (1233–1263) afterSaint Sava, was born in the village of Dabar near Slankamen. In 1325, according to a letter by pope John XXII to the Roman Catholic archbishop of Kalocsa, a public hospital was built in the village. In the 15th century, the town was a possession of theSerbian despotsStefan Lazarević andĐurađ Branković. From 1451, it was property ofHunyadis and from 1498 ofJohn Corvin. In the 16th century it was a residence ofRadoslav Čelnik, a duke ofSrem.

Acumincum was declaredArchaeological Sites of Great Importance in 1991, and it is protected byRepublic of Serbia.

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^Chambers's encyclopaedia: a dictionary of universal knowledge for ... Vol 7
^^a ^bStillwell, Richard; MacDonald, William L.; McAllister, Marian Holland, eds. (1976)."Limes Pannoniae".The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press.
^Ptolemy.The Geography. Vol. 2.16.5.
^Geographer of Ravenna, 4.19.
^ Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Acimincum".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
^Roman Auxiliary Forts 27 BC-AD 378-Duncan B. Campbell
^Studies in Roman History-Ernest George Hardy
^Eastern cults in Moesia Inferior and Thracia (5th century BC-4th century AD)-Margarita Tacheva-Hitova, Margarita Tacheva

This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Acimincum".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.