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Sirmium
Sirmium
was a city in
Pannonia
, an ancient province of the
Roman Empire
. First mentioned in the 4th century BC and originally inhabited by the
Illyrians
and
Celts
, it was conquered by the Romans in the 1st century BC and subsequently became the capital of the
Roman
province
of
Pannonia Inferior
. In 294 AD, Sirmium was pronounced one of the four capitals of the Roman Empire. It was also the capital of the
Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum
and of
Pannonia Secunda
Province. Sirmium was located on the
Sava
river, on the site of modern
Sremska Mitrovica
in
Vojvodina
province, northern
Serbia
. The
Republic of Serbia
declared its site an
Archaeological Sites of Exceptional Importance
in 1990. The modern region of
Syrmia
(Srem) is named after it.
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