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A Roman era sundial on display at a museum in Side, Turkey The Romans used various ancient timekeeping devices . According to Pliny , Sundials , or shadow clocks, were first introduced to Rome when a Greek sundial captured from the Samnites was set up publicly around 293-290 BC., [ 2 ] with another early known example being imported from Sicily ...
Ulpiana was established at the site of an unknown Dardanian oppidum.It likely took its name from the Roman Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus), during whose reign it was upgraded to the status of a municipium before the year 117. [10]
Municipium Dardanorum [3] or Dardanicum [4] is located in North Kosovo, approximately 27 kilometres north of Mitrovica, in the village of Sočanica, Leposavic municipality.It existed as a prehistoric settlement at first, but continued to develop and change to become a typical ancient Roman town during the period from the last decades of the 1st century, until the first part of the 4th century AD.
Roman clothing styles changed over time. [394] In the Dominate, clothing worn by both soldiers and bureaucrats became highly decorated with geometrical patterns, stylized plant motifs, and in more elaborate examples, human or animal figures. [395] Courtiers of the later Empire wore elaborate silk robes.
Provinces of the Western Balkans. The Illyriciani or Illyrian emperors were a group of Roman emperors during the Crisis of the Third Century who were of Illyrian origin and hailed from the region of Illyria (Latin: Illyricum, in the Western Balkans), [1] [2] [3] and were raised chiefly from the ranks of the Roman army (whence they are ranked among the so-called "barracks emperors").
Roman province of Dardania in the 4th century AD Forts and settlements in late antiquity and medieval Kosovo. The Hunnic invasions of 441 and 447–49 were the first barbarian invasions that were able to take Eastern Roman fortified centres and cities. Most Balkan cities were sacked by Attila, and recovered only partially if at all.
Eastern Dardania was Thracian throughout Roman rule. [12] The Thracian place names survives the Romanization of the region. [10] 6–9 – The great Great Illyrian Revolt against the Roman Empire [13] 2nd century AD: Ulpiana (later Byzantine Justiniana Secunda) is founded, most likely during the rule of Trajan.
A history and description of Roman political institutions. Elibron Classics. ISBN 0-543-92749-0. Byrd, Robert (1995). The Senate of the Roman Republic. U.S. Government Printing Office Senate Document 103-23. Everitt, Anthony (2012). The rise of Rome: the making of the world's greatest empire (1st ed.). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000 ...