‘Throughout history, the limes suffered huge damage and not because of the wars but because of neglect, greed or lack of understanding of historical values. The construction of Lake ‘Derdap meant that 109 km of the Danube river basin had to be flooded. So far, 20 known ancient sites have been submerged under water, They include Taliata and Transdiema. Among the imperial plaques which survived the fall of the Roman Empire only two may be Seen at present. They praise the works of Emperor Trajan. The first has ean moved fromits original location during the time of the construction of hydroelectric power plant Berdap. itis situated in the lower gorge and may be approached only by boat. The other, unearthed in 1969, is situated at the entrance to the Derdap | power plant. Tho other plaques were destroyed over time, Ono of Tiberius's plaques was destroyed by dynamite by builders of the road at the time of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1930. The other Tiberius's plaque wes flooded by the Danube vaters in 1971, at the time of the start of preparations for the construction of the power plant Derdap |. There were two Dorritian’s plaques, One of them was carved into the rock near Gespodin Vir (the Lady's Whirlpool) about five metres above Tiberius's plaque. The other was located some 200 metres upstream from the Lady's Whiripool. Both plaques bore the same inscription, One of them was destroyed by explosive during the construction of a road in 1930 at the same time as one of Tiberius's plaques. DIANA Karatas Asiation on the Diana Falls (Siatio cataractarum Dianae) s a Roman and eaily Byzarine fortification on the banks of the a eo