The Roman Emperors and Danube Wine Route, with its Danube and Adriatic Trails, extends through ten European countries: Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia. The Route was certified as a
Cultural Route of the Council of Europe
A Culture Route of the Council of Europe, sometimes referred to as a European Cultural Route, is a certification awarded by the Council of Europe to networks promoting the European shared culture, history and memory. These routes must also matc ...
by the
European Institute of Cultural Routes
The European Institute of Cultural Routes is a non-profit association based in Luxembourg whose aim is to help the Council of Europe, as a technical body, in the establishment of European Cultural Routes.
It was established in 1998 and its rol ...
(EICR) in 2015. and recertified in 2019.
Sites along the route include some of the best preserved
archaeological
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
remains in the region and present content which claims to illustrate how the Romans lived, worked and entertained in these locations.
Themes
The major themes of the Roman Emperors and Danube Wine Route cultural route are related with the expansion and defense of the Roman Empire in the northern Danube frontier and the
Adriatic Sea
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in its hinterlands. The cultural route is organized as a network of sub-destinations, located in the vicinity of individual archaeological sites showcasing important cultural heritage and monuments to the leadership of the Roman emperors in Late Antiquity. By taking the tour along the route, visitors can learn more about how the Romans lived, worked and entertained themselves.
Each destination along the cultural route presents one of the four thematic categories. The first category is directly associated with the emperors’ former presence in the destination, representing the place where the emperor was spending his life or moving together with his army to confront threats to the imperial peace. The second category is focusing on military achievements and the execution of emperors' policy especially in the terms of pacification and defending the imperial frontier. The last two categories tell the story of mechanisms that enabled continuation of everyday life, protection of the territory from invasion, more efficient production of silver and lead, adaptation of conquered tribes into specific and easily manageable administrative units. As the title of the route suggests, the route is also dealing with the theme of wine, since the culture of
viticulture
Viticulture (from the Latin word for ''vine'') or winegrowing (wine growing) is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, ran ...
and vineg-rowing has been introduced in the region by the Roman army.
References
External links
Official website of the cultural routeProfile of the Routeat the website of the
European Institute of Cultural Routes
The European Institute of Cultural Routes is a non-profit association based in Luxembourg whose aim is to help the Council of Europe, as a technical body, in the establishment of European Cultural Routes.
It was established in 1998 and its rol ...
See also
* Michael R. Werner "Traveling Experience: Roman Emperors and Danube Wine Route” ''Journal of Business Economics and Management'', Serbian Association of Economists (Belgrade) 67, January-February 2019: 181–192; co-authored with Dr. Goran Petković, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade and Dr. Renato Pindžo, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, Republic of Serbia.
* Michael R. Werner ''Sirmium, Imperial Palace Complex/Sirmijum, Kompleks Carske Palate'', (in English and Serbian), 2009 Zavod za Zaštitu Spomenika Kulture/Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, Sremska Mitrovica
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Structure
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