Naissus and Remesiana from the times of Saint Nicetas up to the conquest of the Huns : Sketches for the history and archaeology of two cities in the province of Dacia Mediterranea

Abstract

In this paper, we will attempt to give an overview of the results of archaeological researches, especially those conducted in the area of the Late Antiquity fortification and its’ necropolis at Naissus, as well as those conducted in the wider area of the city, along with the archaeological remains discovered at Remesiana and its territory, from the aspect of social, religious and economic dynamism, and we will attempt to give a wider picture of those two important cities in the heartland of the province of Dacia Mediterranea, which played an important, sometimes even a prominent role in the shaping of the cultural scenery of the Illyricum.