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In itineraries, Viminacium is always on a crossroads. In the Tabula Peutingeriana, Viminacium is described as a place with connections in all directions. From the west, a road comes from Sirmium via Singidunum and Margum, and continues on eastward and southward. The itineraries mention that Viminacium is 10 miles distant from Margum. To the south, the road went on to Naissus, the first stop on the way being Munecipio (Chronogr. Tripartita, 23) or Municipio (Tab. Peut. and Itin. Ant. 134,1), 18 milia passuum distant from Viminacium. A somewhat different picture is shown in theItinerarium Burdigalense (564, 10) which indicates a mutatio Ad Nonum between Viminacium andMunicipium. The roads to Dacia and down along the Danube did not diverge at Viminacium but at some distance to the east of the city.
According to the Tabula Peutingeriana, the road to Dacia branched off at a distance of 10 miliapassuum from Viminacium via Lederata, then passed through Apofl at 12 milia passuum further on, and on to Arcidava on the left bank at a distance of 12 milia passuum. Lederata ( Byzantine Litterata) is usually taken to be at present-day Ram and across from it, Banatska Palanka, where fortifications secured the Danube crossing.
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