Ulpiana
Sign in to saveUlpiana was an ancient Roman city located in what is today Kosovo. It was also named Justiniana Secunda (, , ). Ulpiana is located in the municipality of Gračanica, 12 km southeast of Pristina. The Municipium Ulpiana or Iustiniana Secunda was proclaimed an archaeological park under the permanent protection of Kosovo by the Kosova Council for Cultural Heritage in 2016. The archaeological park has an area of 161.10 hectares and a surrounding protection zone of 96.23 hectares. Ulpiana was among the largest settlements in the Balkans in late antiquity.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Ulpiana
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Justiniana Secunda (after its reconstruction)
- Ancient site.image
- ULPIANA-lokaliteti arkeologjik.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Ulpiana excavation site.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Kosovo#Europe
- Ancient site.map_alt
- A map of Ulpiana.
- Ancient site.map_size
- 275
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Ulpiana is located 12km to the southwest of Pristina.
- Ancient site.location
- Gračanica, Kosovo
- Ancient site.region
- District of Pristina
- Ancient site.type
- Roman city
- Ancient site.builder
- Trajan
- Ancient site.built
- 2nd century AD
- Ancient site.epochs
- Classical antiquity to Early Middle Ages
- Ancient site.event
- 518 earthquake, raided during the Barbarian invasions, burned to the ground by Slavs in the 7th century
- Ancient site.relief
- 1
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Naming
- Geography
- History
- Archaeology
- Important findings
- Northern Necropolis (Memoria)
- Episcopal Basilica with Baptistry
- Early Christian Basilica
- Archiepiscopal Basilica
- Castrum
- Objects
- Gallery
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Ulpiana was an ancient Roman city located in what is today Kosovo. It was also named Justiniana Secunda (, , ). Ulpiana is located in the municipality of Gračanica, 12 km southeast of Pristina. The Municipium Ulpiana or Iustiniana Secunda was proclaimed an archaeological park under the permanent protection of Kosovo by the Kosova Council for Cultural Heritage in 2016. The archaeological park has an area of 161.10 hectares and a surrounding protection zone of 96.23 hectares. Ulpiana was among the largest settlements in the Balkans in late antiquity.
== Naming == 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. An earthquake in 518 destroyed the city, but emperor Justinian, who ascended to the throne in 527, ordered it to be rebuilt, renaming the city Justiniana Secunda, distinguishing it from Justiniana Prima, a city newly founded by Justinian in 535.