61 Olivera Ilić Archaeological Institute, Belgrade o.ilic@ai.sanu.ac.rs Snežana Golubović Archaeological Institute, Belgrade arheosneska@gmail.com Nemanja Mrđić Archaeological Institute, Belgrade nemanjamrdjic@gmail.com UDK 904:355.692.1”652”(398) Original research article Received: June 03, 2010 Accepted: August 02, 2010 SUPPLYING AND TRANSPORT ALONG DANUBE LIMES IN THE UPPER MOESIA ABSTRACT This paper deals with supplying Roman troops along the Limes and in the hinterland of the prov- ince Upper Moesia. The system of supplying and distributing of goods was conducted both on river and land communications throughout the entire Roman period. According to the archaeological evidence, apart from larger supply units, in which food sup- plies were kept for further distribution (Porečka reka, Horreum Margi), forts along the Limes also had buildings intended for keeping food supplies, which again could satisfy needs of soldiers for a certain period of time. Key words: supplying, supply centre, the Danube Limes, river port, Upper Moesia. Since historical evidence about supply of Roman troops along the Limes, but also in the hintreland of the province, are poor, archaeologi- cal data gain on importance. By relying on them, we shall attempt to reconstruct ways of supplying and transporting goods in this region, which was of the highest importance during Roman times. During the last decades, within Roman provincial archaeology, great attention has been paid to supplying army – both units stationed within permanent camps, as well as troops during military campaigns. Here, this question was not studied enough and therefore the results gained are very modest so far. In this sense, this paper could represent an introduction to further study of supply and transport of goods and other products. Durign the past few decades in Serbia, the ques- tion of supplying Roman troops was most studied by Petar Petrović (Петровић 1980; Петровић, 1983; Петровић, 1991). Troop supply represents a complex prob- lem (Roth 1999; Breeze 2000; Thomas and Stal- librass 2008; Kehne 2007; Herz 2007). In this paper, no problems shall be analyzed related to supply during marches, outside camps and on hostile territories. We will deal with supply of * The article results from the project: Viminacium, Roman city and military legion camp – research of material and non material of inhabitants by using the modern technologies of remote detection, geophysics, GIS, digitalisation and 3D visualisation (no 47018), funded by Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia.