Celemantia

Celemantia (or Kelemantia; the modern name of the site is Leányvár) was a Roman castellum and settlement on the territory of the present-day municipality of Iža, some 5.64 km to the east of Komárno in Slovakia [1]. It is the biggest known Roman castellum in present-day Slovakia [1]. It was a part of the Roman limes, the frontier zone of the Empire [1]. The construction of the castellum started in the 2nd half of the 1st century [1]. It was conquered during the Marcomannic Wars (166–180) and burned down by Germanic tribes, and was rebuilt later [1]. It ceased to exist around 400 (beginning of the Migration Period) [1]. The ruins were very well visible up to the late 18th century, but afterward people used stones from the constructions to build the fortress and other buildings in Komárno [1].