Viminacium

Viminacium or Viminatium was a major city and military camp of the Roman province of Moesia, and the capital of Moesia Superior. As of 2018, only 3 to 4% of the site have been explored.The site is located 12 km from the modern town of Kostolac in Eastern Serbia. The city dates back to the 1st century AD, and at its peak it is believed to have had 40,000 inhabitants, making it one of the biggest cities of that time. It lies on the Roman road Via Militaris. Viminacium was devastated by Huns in the 5th century, but was later rebuilt by Justinian. It was completely destroyed with the arrival of Slavs in the 6th century. Today, the archaeological site occupies a total of 450 hectares, and contains remains of temples, streets, squares, amphitheatres, palaces, hippodromes and Roman baths.Viminacium holds a distinction of having the largest number of graves discovered in any Roman archaeological site. Until 2018, 15,000 graves have been discovered.