Gensis was the

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

settlement

vicus In Ancient Rome, the Latin term (plural ) designated a village within a rural area () or the neighbourhood of a larger settlement. During the Republican era, the four of the city of Rome were subdivided into . In the 1st century BC, Augustus r ...

Moesia Superior Moesia (; Latin: ''Moesia''; el, Μοισία, Moisía) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River, which included most of the territory of modern eastern Serbia, Kosovo, north-eastern Alban ...

, now central

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

, on Cer mountain near Lešnica.

Tabula Peutingeriana

It is recorded in the

Tabula Peutingeriana ' (Latin Language, Latin for "The Peutinger Map"), also referred to as Peutinger's Tabula or Peutinger Table, is an illustrated ' (ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of the ''cursus publicus'', the road network of the Roman Empire. The m ...

as situated XXX m.p. south of

Sirmium Sirmium was a city in the Roman province of Pannonia, located on the Sava river, on the site of modern Sremska Mitrovica in the Vojvodina autonomous provice of Serbia. First mentioned in the 4th century BC and originally inhabited by Illyrians an ...

, on

via Argentaria The Via Argentaria (Latin for the "Silver Way") was a Roman and medieval trade route through the Dinaric Alps. It was named after the Roman silver that was transported between the mint in Salona, the silver mines east of Ilidža and in Srebrenica, a ...

, a road leading in the direction of

Drina The Drina ( sr-Cyrl, Дрина, ) is a long Balkans river, which forms a large portion of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps whic ...

; on the mountain Cer area, and XV m.p. from Ad Drinum (allegedly today's

Loznica Loznica ( sr-cyrl, Лозница, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city located in the Mačva District of western Serbia. It lies on the right bank of the Drina river. In 2011 the city had a total population of 19,572, while the administrative ar ...

Position

However, the position of ''Gensis'' is not established because on the same mountain Cer are located ruins of the three different settlements that can be

''Gensis'',

Vidin Grad Vidin Grad was a fortress, located at the top of the Vidojevica hill, near village Lešnica, municipality of Loznica, Today, little remain of fortification walls and towers which are spreading on the top of the hill, on a plateau with rough dim ...

, Kosanin grad and

Trojanov Grad Trojanov Grad or Town of Trajan was a fortress on mountain Cer, central Serbia, which is being attributed to the mythical Slavic Emperor Trajan. Today it is possible to see only remains of one defense wall. See also *Koviljkin grad *Vidin Gra ...

. As none of these three sites has been explored, it is not possible to determine the exact position of

''Gensis''.

References

Aleksandar Deroko Aleksandar Deroko ( sr-cyr, Александар Дероко; 4 September 1894 – 30 November 1988) was a Serbian architect, artist, and author. He was a professor of the Belgrade University and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Ar ...

, ''Medieval cities in Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia'',

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

, 1950. *

Massimiliano Pavan Massimiliano Pavan (30 August 1920, in Venice – 17 January 1991, in Padua) was an Italian historian, who served as director of the ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' for the Treccani Institute. A graduate of the University of Padua along ...

, ''From the Adriatic to the Danube''

Padova Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

, 1991.

External links

Location of mountain Cer from a Bing Maps
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