In the 3rd century BC, the area was inhabited by
Celtic Scordisci. In the 1st century BC, the fort was conquered by
Romans and the settlement was known as
Acumincum (
acumen, point). It was in the
Roman province of
Pannonia as a fort on the
Pannonian Limes, and was noted by ancient geographers
Ptolemy (who wrote, in
Greek, Ἀκούμιγκον) and the
Geographer of Ravenna. The name also appears as
Acimincum and in the
Peutingerian Table, the name is written
Acunum. A Flavian fort was strategically situated for monitoring the lands beyond the Tisza river, the
cohors I Britannica equitata and
II Adjutrix were based in the town.
Jupiter Dolichenus sculptures have been found in the town. Roman fortifications were excavated in the site of Dugorep.
Slavs settled in this area in the 6th century. Old Slavic graves dating from the 6th and 7th century have been found in Slankamen. During the
Middle Ages, Slankamen was a fortified city and was first mentioned in 1072 as Castrum Zalankemen.
Arsenije I Bogdanović from Srem, the second Serb archbishop (1233–1263) after
Saint Sava, was born in the village of Dabar near Slankamen. In 1325, according to a letter by pope John XXII to the Roman Catholic archbishop of Kalocsa, a public hospital was built in the village. In the 15th century, the town was a possession of the
Serbian despots
Stefan Lazarević and
Đurađ Branković. From 1451, it was property of
Hunyadis and from 1498 of
John Corvin. In the 16th century it was a residence of
Radoslav Čelnik, a duke of
Srem. Acumincum was declared
Archaeological Sites of Great Importance in 1991, and it is protected by
Republic of Serbia. == See also ==