Historical place profile
Mediana
An extensive late-Roman villa used as a temporary imperial residence in the suburbs of ancient Naissus. Located in the modern village of Brzi brod, within the municipality of Niš, Serbia (BAtlas 21 E6 Mediana).
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:207273
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:207273
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement, villa
- Coordinates
- 43.310110, 21.948793
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An extensive late-Roman villa used as a temporary imperial residence in the suburbs of ancient Naissus. Located in the modern village of Brzi brod, within the municipality of Niš, Serbia (BAtlas 21 E6 Mediana).
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 21 E6 Mediana
Source and reuse
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Research path
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