Trajan Decius, Herennius Etruscus, Hostilian, Claudius II Gothicus, Aurelian, Probus, Maximian, Constantius I Chlorus, Galerius, Maximinus Daia, Severus II, Constantine I, Licinius, Constantius II, Vetranio, Jovian, Gratian, Constanius III, Justinian.
This is a list of the 17-18 Roman Emperors born in the area of present day Serbia. I discovered this--for me at least--fascinating fact in doing research for our September 2015 trip to Serbia, Croatia and Rome. Not surprisingly, the Serbian tourist authority has capitalized on this with the Itinerarium Romanum Serbia (Roman Emperors' Cultural Itinerary in Serbia).
In the footsteps of the Emperors, is about about our travels through Serbia, Croatia and Rome visiting places connected to Roman and Byzantine imperial history. We won't be able to see all the sites in the Itinerarium, because we also plan on seeing notable Serbian monasteries - there isn't time to do it all. Sadly, we'll have to leave for another time the greatest monastery of them all the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gracanica Monastery, now in Kosovo.
Beyond walking in imperial footsteps we will also be visiting Zak's family in Belgrade and Vis. And while in Rome we will be meeting my Roman/Kenyan cousins.
I'll be posting every Thursday leading up to and including Sept 3rd (the day we leave for Serbia). From that point on, the posts will depend on our travels and on wifi accessibility.
In case your wondering, the backgroup picture of the blog is the partial reconstruction of the Temple of Trajan in Pergamum. I was there as part of a trip to Istanbul and Western Asia Minor in 2006.
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