Travels in Southeastern Europe

Through the lands of the Serb,

54 THROUGH THE LANDS OF THE SERB the everlasting hills, keeping majestic watch over the ruins which have seen the passing of two empires, and the river tears along through a stony chasm hard by, and the lean rugged figures of the one or two peasants among the ruins only add to the loneliness. But this place was once the centre of such learning and civilisation as the land possessed, and "the MIonk of Dioclea" was one of Servia's earliest chroniclers. The now almost forgotten town is marked in the map of Ptolemy (circa 150 A.D.). It is mentioned as a famous town in I 62, and it was given by King Milutin as the residence for his son in I3I7. After this date little or nothing is heard of it, nor is it known when finally it ceased to be inhabited and crumbled into decay.
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Through the lands of the Serb,
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Durham, Mary E.
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London,: E. Arnold,
1904.
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Montenegro -- Description and travel
Serbia -- Description and travel.

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