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{{Short description|Ancient Roman settlement in Serbia}}
[[File:Stari Slankamen, remains of the medieval fortress.jpg|thumb|250px|Remains of the Acumincum fortress.]]
'''Acumincum''' was an ancient [[Roman Empire|Roman]] settlement, located in the present day town of [[Stari Slankamen]], [[Serbia]].

== History ==
In the 3rd century BC, the area was inhabited by [[Celts|Celtic]] [[Scordisci]]. In the 1st century BC, the fort was conquered by [[Roman Empire|Romans]] and the settlement was known as '''Acumincum''' (''acumen'', point<ref>Chambers's encyclopaedia: a dictionary of universal knowledge for ... Vol 7</ref>). It was in the [[Roman province]] of [[Pannonia]] as a fort on the [[Pannonian Limes]],<ref name=PECS>{{Cite PECS|limes-pannoniae-2|Limes Pannoniae}}</ref> and was noted by ancient geographers [[Ptolemy]] (who wrote, in [[ancient Greek language|Greek]], Ἀκούμιγκον)<ref>{{Cite Ptolemy|2.16.5}}</ref> and the [[Geographer of Ravenna]].<ref>[[Geographer of Ravenna]], 4.19.</ref> The name also appears as '''Acimincum''' and in the [[Peutingerian Table]], the name is written '''Acunum'''.<ref>{{Cite DGRG|title=Acimincum}}</ref>

A Flavian fort was strategically situated for monitoring the lands beyond the Tisza river, the ''cohors I Britannica equitata''<ref>Roman Auxiliary Forts 27 BC-AD 378-Duncan B. Campbell</ref> and ''II Adjutrix''<ref>Studies in Roman History-Ernest George Hardy</ref> were based in the town. [[Jupiter Dolichenus]] sculptures have been found in the town.<ref>Eastern cults in Moesia Inferior and Thracia (5th century BC-4th century AD)-Margarita Tacheva-Hitova, Margarita Tacheva</ref> Roman fortifications were excavated in the site of Dugorep.<ref name=PECS/>

[[Slavs]] settled in this area in the 6th century. Old Slavic graves dating from the 6th and 7th century have been found in Slankamen. During the [[Middle Ages]], Slankamen was a fortified city and was first mentioned in 1072 as Castrum Zalankemen. [[Arsenije I Bogdanović from Srem]], the second Serb archbishop (1233–1263) after [[Saint Sava]], was born in the village [[Dabar (village)|Dabar]] near Slankamen. In 1325, according to a letter by pope John XXII to the Roman Catholic archbishop of Kalocsa, a public hospital was built in the village. In the 15th century, the town was a possession of the [[Serbs|Serbian]] despots [[Stefan Lazarević]] and [[Đurađ Branković]]. From 1451, it was property of [[Hunyadi family|Hunyadis]] and from 1498 of [[John Corvin]]. In the 16th century it was a residence of [[Radoslav Čelnik]], a duke of [[Syrmia|Srem]].

Acumincum was declared [[Archaeological Sites of Great Importance (Serbia)|Archaeological Sites of Great Importance]] in 1991, and it is protected by [[Republic of Serbia]].

== See also ==
* [[Stari Slankamen]]
* [[Archaeological Sites of Great Importance (Serbia)|Archaeological Sites of Great Importance]]
* [[Tourism in Serbia]]

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[[Category:Roman towns and cities in Serbia]]
[[Category:Roman auxiliary forts in Serbia]]
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[[Category:Populated places in Pannonia]]

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