Viciano (Latin: Vicianum - Veclanum) or Station Viciano was a Roman road station (mansio type) [1] of unclear location, somewhere in Kosovo field.

History

Viciana was a stopping place for caravans that travelled the Lissus–Naissus route, one of the most important Roman roads. The route started from Lezha (Lissus) on the Adriatic coast, went through the Drin river valley, crossed through Dardania, and continued to Niš (Naissus).

The location is undetermined. It has been theorized to have been somewhere in the Kosovo field,[2] in the vicinity of Vushtrri (Vučitrn)[1][3][4][5][6][7] or Zvečan (J. Dragašević),[8] the village of Čaglavica (Z. Mirdita).[9]

Viciano as a road station is recorded in the Tabula Peuntingeriana map, a medieval (15th century) map and copy of a 3rd-century Roman map showing this same itinerary. The road once passed near the ancient center of Municipium Ulpiana which connected it to other Roman towns, particularly mining centers rich in precious minerals.[10]

Tabula Peutingeriana

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kraja, Mehmet, ed. (2018). "Fjalori Enciklopedik i Kosovës". (Encyclopedic Dictionary of Kosova) (in Albanian). Vol. 2. Prishtinë: Akademia e Shkencave dhe e Arteve e Kosovës. p. 1760. ISBN 9789951615846. OCLC 1080379844.
  2. ↑ Archaeologisch-epigraphische Mittheilungen aus Oesterreich-Ungarn ... C. Gerold's Sohn. 1890.
  3. ↑ Gjocaj, Zenun, et al., eds. (2003). Vushtrria - Viciana me rrethinë [Vushtrri - Viciana and its surroundings] (in Albanian). Prishtina: Kuvendi Komunal i Vushtrrisë (Municipal Assembly of Vushtrri). pp. 43–55. OL 27940463M.
  4. ↑ Warrander, Gail; Knaus, Verena (2010). Kosovo: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 257. ISBN 9781841623313.
  5. ↑ Domaszewski, A. (1889). „Die Grenzen von Moesia Superior und der Illyrische Grenzzoll“. Wien: Archäologisch-epigraphische Mitteilungen aus Österreich-Ungarn, XIII, 140–145.
  6. ↑ M. Mirković, Rimski gradovi na Dunavu u Gornjoj Meziji, Beograd 1968. p. 21.
  7. ↑ N. Vulic, Le strade romane in Jugoslavia. Instituto di studi romani, XII, Roma, 1938, p. 3 - 14
  8. ↑ Mikl-Curk 1980, pp. 167–.
  9. ↑ Balcanica. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, Balkanolos̆ki Institut. 1988. pp. 97–.
  10. ↑ Milot Berisha, Kosovo Archaeological Guide,Prishtinë, Kosovo Archaeological Institute and Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, 2012, Pg.72.

Sources

Further reading

  • Exhlale Dobruna-Salihu, «Problem of the location of the station Viciano», Materijali arheoloskog dru$tva Jugoslavije, xvii, 1978 [publ. 1980], pp. 163–167. 15529.
  • Zef Mirdita, «Probleme de la reconstruction du tracé de la route Vicianum-Gabu- ...

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