Aug 9, 2018
Tracing Emperors’ Footsteps in Serbia’s Ancient Roman City
“There is an element of self-contained pride in Stefan Pop Lazic’s resolute but careful steps as he comes to welcome us in Glac on the outskirts of Sremska Mitrovica.”
“This is because Pop Lazic, a researcher from the Belgrade Archaeological Institute, and his fellow researchers from the University of Sydney, believe this is a very special place – a place where some 15 centuries ago stood the villa of emperor Maximianus Herculius, who came from a humble background and rose through the ranks to become co-ruler of the Roman Empire with the emperor Diocletian.”
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