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© Bojan Trenchevski
SCUPI
Arheological Site
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SKUPI
Arheological Site



Skupi, on 44 hectares, was the largest Roman city in this teritory. It is situated in the centre of the Skopje Valley, 5 km north-west of the city of Skopje.
The archaeological finds indicate that the city and its surroundings was continually settled in the Bronze and the Iron Ages, from 12th to the 6th centuries BC.


There are four building periods. The first is the time of the alleged camp of two legions from 168 BC. The second is the foundation of the Roman colonia that ended with the invasion by the Goths in AD 269. The third period is most distinguished and is represented by the remains of one civil basilica, a complex of baths (thermae) and one townhouse. The last, the fourth period that begins roughly after the invasion by the Ostrogoths from AD 472 or 489 is represented by remains of an early Christian basilica and a townhouse with apse.


Scupi was completely destroyed in AD 518.