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HISTORY<br />
15<br />
ily to the Tri ba ls, that stability of the crown<br />
cannot be jeopardized and that it would not<br />
be taken lightly.<br />
1 st century BC. In the middle of this century,<br />
Romans arrive to the area of what is today<br />
Ti moč ka kra ji na and come in contact with<br />
Meze, then dominant ethnic group in this<br />
region.<br />
28 BC. After two and a half decades of Meze’s<br />
bravely resisting the attacks of numerous Roman<br />
campaigns, Roman general Mar ko Kras<br />
conquered them. Becoming a part of the powerful<br />
empire brought big (mostly very positive)<br />
changes in life and history of this city.<br />
250. Galerius, the future Roman general, Caesar<br />
and August was born at a country estate in<br />
today’s Gam zi gra d, near Zaječar.<br />
293 AD. Galerius gained the title of Caesar,<br />
and Diocletian called him “new Ro mu lus”.<br />
297. Galerius won a big battle against Persian<br />
emperor Narsej, and in later iconography this<br />
victory was compared with Alexander’s victory<br />
over Darius and with Dionysus’ victorious<br />
campaign to India.<br />
298. In his hometown, in the territory of today’s<br />
Gam zi gra d, Caesar Galerius begins the<br />
construction of the first (older) fortification<br />
and palace in the complex that would later<br />
become known as “Felix Romuliana”.<br />
305 AD. Galerius becomes one of the two Augustus,<br />
and the following year, after sudden<br />
death of Constantius Chlorus (the second Augustus)<br />
in Britain, and the most powerful man<br />
in the Roman Empire.<br />
306. Construction of younger fortification in<br />
“Felix Ro mu li ja na” began, and it was finally<br />
transformed in a luxurious city-palace, where<br />
Galerius planned to withdraw in 312, after<br />
leaving its throne to Caesars – successors at<br />
Hercules’ head, Gam zi grad, about 310<br />
the 20 th anniversary of his reign, in accordance<br />
with Diocletian’s tetrarchy program.<br />
The place where this astounding city was built<br />
in a short time is the place where the emperor<br />
was born and consecrated.<br />
311. Emperor Galerius, already worn by severe<br />
illness, dies on the road to Ser di ka (Sofia).<br />
He did not live to withdraw from power<br />
and move into “Felix Ro mu li a na”.<br />
306. Felix Romuliana is mentioned in Epi tomae,<br />
a work written by anonymous author,<br />
ascribed to Aurelius Victor. Emperor Galerius,<br />
it says, “was born and buried In Coastal<br />
Dacia, in the place that he called Romuliana,<br />
after his mother Romula”.<br />
4 th century. Roman emperors in this century<br />
left Felix Romuliana to Christian church, and<br />
temples with crosses on top sprout in this pagan<br />
imperial city.