Fortresses and Roman Ruins near Belgrade, 9 of 10: Imperial Palace of Sirmium


The palace was built in the late 3rd or early 4th century for Roman emperors at Sirmium, the Roman city under today's Sremska Mitrovica. A modern building covers the dig, and walkways take visitors down among the excavated walls, the hot-air heating channels under almost every floor, and about 350 m² of geometric mosaic floors. Next to it lay the chariot-racing circus, the only Roman circus found in Serbia.