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Justiniana Prima (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 57 11 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.9530 decimal degrees |
| Long: 021 40 11 E degrees minutes |
Long: 21.6690 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on high ridge near Caričin Grad; founded by Justinian the Great, Roman emperor of the East from 527-565 CE; was an important city of Early Christian period; was destroyed in late 6th or early 7th century CE, but revived in the 9th-10th centuries. |
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| Justiniana Prima (preferred,C,V)
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............ | site near modern Caričin Grad was probably Justiniana Prima (formerly believed to have been at Skopje) |
| Caričin Grad Site (C,V)
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| Justina Prima (C,V)
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| Justinia Prima (C,V)
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............ | name of city that Justinian is documented to have founded near Tauresium, probably is this site |
| Tsaritchin Grad (C,V)
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| Prima Justiniana (C,V)
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| Царичин град (C,V,Serbo-Croatian,U)
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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founded in the early reign of Justinian I |
| archaeological site (C) |
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principal excavations were conducted 1940s-1960s |
| inhabited place (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Caričin Grad .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Srbija, lost & found/Serbia) [7015445] |
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