NAISSUS AND MEDIANA Ni§ and Brzi Brod Naissus is an important Roman and early Byzantine city which Used to be the site of today’s city of NS. Later on fortifications and the present-day settlement have almost completely destroyed the remnants of this ancient city, The Romans inhabited the area of the city as early as the first century AD after they had defeated the Dardanians. its location on an important commercial route conditioned its rapid economic development which wes particularly evident in the fourth century AD, when kt was home 10 a workshop for the manufacture of arms and a workshop for making silverware. Of particular interest are ts finds such as a bronze head. of Emperor Constantine, statue of the emperor seated on the throne and a store containing silver plates made to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Licinius’s reign. The explored section of the necropolis praved that the ctizens of Naissus were wealthy people. In particular, mention should be made of tombs with frescoes including thase of tha earliest Christian images in the ragian of iyricum Mediana is one of the most important ancient archaeological Sites in this territory. tis situated on the left bank of the Nisava river near Naissus. It's a sumptuous holiday home which was buit, as assumed, for Constantine and nis successors. The central building s a vila vith a peristyle decorated with amazing floor mosaics. In adcition to this building, a'so unearthed were thermae and an emporium, as well as a developed system of water supply with an aqueduct and a water tover. The structure datos back to the early fourth contury AD. Excavations on tho mee ee oes