Municipium Dardanicum

Municipium Dardanicum

Coordinates: 43°3′17″N 20°48′36″E / 43.05472°N 20.81°E / 43.05472; 20.81

Dardania in Moesia Superior

Municipium Dardanicum[1] or Municipium Dardanorum[2] was a Roman mining town (in modern Socanica near the Ibar valley) that was connected with the workings (Metalla Dardanica[1]). It was located about 65 km northeast of Ulpiana, inside the province of Moesia Superior.

References

  1. ^ a b The Illyrians by J. J. Wilkes, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, Page 258,"In the south the new city named municipium Dardanicum, was another 'mining town' connected with the local workings (Metalla Dardanica)."
  2. ^ Pannonia and Upper Moesia

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