2025Europa - National Archaeological Discoveries - First Day Cover MS

At the one hundred and fifty-ninth kilometer from the confluence of the Piva and Tara rivers and the origin of the Drina River, on the bend that the river makes around the Osat mountain range in the middle Podrinje, is the town of Skelani. The region is rich in natural and mineral resources, which contributed to the development of a Roman settlement here from the 1st to the 4th century. Excellent urban planners, builders and craftsmen, the Romans, left behind numerous buildings and monuments, the remains of which can still be seen today. One of the inscriptions mentioning the city council "ordo decurionum" was found in Skelani, which indicates that the center of the Roman Municipium Malvesiatium was located here.