A mixed team of international and local experts led by Professor Christophe Goddard, and including Arben Hajdari and Milot Berisha, made a remarkable discovery at the archaeological site of Ulpiana: the dedication by Emperor Justinian (527-565 AD) and his wife Theodora of an “urbs Dardaniae”, one of the very few Latin dedications of the imperial couple in the late Roman world.

The mosaic represents very rare piece of evidence and proves the closeness of the emperor to the province of origin.  The church presents one of the greatest discoveries of the late Roman Empire and its most important emperors.

The Anthropology Professor at the University of Pristina, Tahir Latifi, hailed the unearthing of the inscription of Emperor Justinian at the archaeological site of “Ulpiana” as an extraordinary discovery.

“Mentioning Justinian the Great and his wife Theodora as founders of the city and contributors to huge churches in the city of Dardania, Justiniana Secunda, presents important historical evidence and a fresh evidence for historiography,” Professor Latifi said via the social media on Wednesday.

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