Serbia

There are 86 items in Serbia:

Bogomilism along the Via Egnatia

Bogomilism: a Manicheist belief from the Byzantine Age that spread along the Via Egnatia to western Europe.In late Antiquity and during the early Middle Ages, the Byzantine Empire was a true melting pot of cultures, and this also applies to…

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Dalmatia

Dalmatia: the name the ancient Greeks and Romans gave to the area that is more or less identical to former Yugoslavia.Roman Illyricum …

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Illyrians

Illyrians (Greek Ἰλλυρίοι): the name the ancient Greeks and Romans gave to the various tribes and states in the general area of Albania and former Yugoslavia.Name …

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Macedonia (9)

Macedonia: ancient landscape and state, situated in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and northern Greece, best known because its king Alexander the Great (r.336-323) conquered the Persian Empire and inaugurated a new period in Greek history.Appendix: the Macedonian question In…

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Požarevac, Museum of Viminacium

The ancient city of Viminacium is situated at the place where the river Mlava empties itself into the Danube. This means that here, three important roads came together: the road upstream along the Danube to Pannonia and the Adriatic Sea,…

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