Native name Јустинијана Прима/Justinijana Prima or Царичин Град/Caričin Grad
Founded
535 AD
Built for
Archbishopric, Imperial estate
Demolished
17th century
Restored
Partially in the 1930s
Cultural Heritage of Serbia
Type
Archeological Site of Exceptional Importance
Designated
12 February 1949
Reference no.
AN 24[1]
Justiniana Prima (Latin: Iustiniana Prima; Serbian: Јустинијана Прима, romanized: Justinijana Prima) was an Eastern Roman city that existed from 535 to 615 CE, near modern Lebane in the Leskovac region, Serbia. It is currently an archaeological site. Founded by Emperor Justinian I (527-565), it was the metropolitan seat of the newly founded Archbishopric of Justiniana Prima, which became the main church administrative body of the central Dardania with jurisdiction from Praevalitana to Dacia Ripensis.[2][3] Justinian Prima was originally designed to become the capital of the prefecture of Illyricum, but for reasons likely related with its status near the Roman frontiers of the 6th century CE, Thessaloniki was preferred. It was abandoned less than 100 years after its foundation.
In 1979, the archaeological site of Justiniana Prima, identified with Caričin Grad, was added to the Archaeological Sites of Exceptional Importance-list under official protected status by the Republic of Serbia.
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