Serbinum
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Serbinum (also known as Servitium) was an ancient Roman city in the Pannonia province. It was situated in the location of present-day Gradiška in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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[edit] Sources
- In Ptolemy’s Geography from the 2nd century, there is mention of (and it is also indicated on a map) a place named Serbinon or Serbinum (This place was located under mountains Biblia ore or Biblini montes or Beby m. which are actually Kozara and Grmeč, according to Hungarian scientists).
- In the book Itinerarium Antonini from the 2nd and 3rd centuries, this name is written as Servitium.
- In a map known as Tabula Peutingeriana from the 4th century, this name is written as Seruitio.
- In the book Notitia dignitatum from about 400 AD, this name is written as Servitii.
- In the book Anonymi Ravennatis Cosmographia from the 7th and 8th centuries, this name is written as Serbitium.
All mentioned forms of the name (including Serbinon, Serbinum, Servitium, Seruitio, Servitii, and Serbitium) refer to a single place, which is identified as present-day Gradiška.
[edit] History
In Roman times, the Municipium Servicium was an important crossroad between the east and the south of the Balkans, i.e. a port for the Roman river fleet, which speaks for itself about the strategic importance of the settlement at the time.
[edit] Theories of the origin of the name
One theory suggests that the name of the city is connected to the ancient Sarmatian tribe Serboi that perhaps inhabited the region together with the Iazyges. It is possible that part of the Serboi migrated to Pannonia together with the Iazyges in the first century, and that Serbinum was named after them.
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[edit] Literature
- Aleksandar M. Petrović, Kratka arheografija Srba, Novi Sad, 1994.
