Arsenije Loma ( sr-cyr, Арсеније Лома; 1768–1815) was a Serbian ''voivode'' (military commander) in the

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and

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of the

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(1804–1817). He was appointed by

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to command Kačer in 1811.

Life

Loma was born in Gojna Gora, to father Joksim, who after the settling of new inhabitants, immediately after the birth of Arsenije, relocated to Dragolj, in the Rudnik nahija. Arsenije took his nickname Lomo from the river Lovnica (formerly ''Lomnica''), which lies in Gojna Gora. He had a sister, Pauna, who later married

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-''Garašanin'', who together had three sons, one of whom was

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, the Serbian Prime Minister 1861–1867. He was one of the initiators of the

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. He fought under the command of Milan Obrenović at the Battle of Rudnik, in which he showed heroic deeds. At the end of February 1804, at the beginning of the First Serbian Uprising, 500 rebels commanded by Arsenije Loma and Petar Trešnjevčanin besieged Rudnik which was under control of

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supported by Ali Aga Džavić from

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and Pljako from Karanovac (modern-day

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) and their 500 Janissary. He gained the rank of ''buljubaša'' in Kačer. He was wounded several times, some of the wounds never healed. In 1811 he was appointed the ''voivode'' (top commander) of Kačer by

. The nephew of Aga Tokatlić murdered Loma in revenge. Today's families of Lomić, Loma, Lomović and Lomigorić are considered his descendants. Several streets are named after him in Serbia.

References

*Miodrag Jaćimović 1972, Arsenije Loma: Vojvda Kačerski i prvi vođa Drugog srpskog ustanka *The memoirs of Prota Matija Nenadović *The first Serbian uprising and the restoration of the Serbian state *Michael Boro Petrovich, A history of modern Serbia, 1804-1918: Volume 1; Volume 1, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976 *Војислав Суботић, Memorijali oslobodilačkih ratova Srbije, Book 1, Volume 1, Vlada Republike Srbije, Ministarstvo rada, zapošljavanja i socijalne politike, 2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Loma, Arsenije 19th-century Serbian nobility Serbian revolutionaries People of the First Serbian Uprising People of the Second Serbian Uprising Šumadija 1778 births 1815 deaths

Life

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