Pontes fort

 ( Roman Auxiliary Forts In Serbia ) 

Pontes fort was an ancient Roman castrum situated on the river Danube in the Roman province of Moesia and forming a key part of the Limes Moesiae frontier system. It is near the modern town of Kladovo, Serbia. It was built in about 103-105 AD and is one of the most important Roman sites along the Danube as it protected the southern end of the strategic Trajan' /ref>

It has been excavated and is now protected in an archaeological park.Archaeological park: "Trajan's Tribune" /ref>

A bronze head of Emperor Trajan's father, or Trajan himself. was found in the 19th century by fishermen in the river Danube near a pillar of the bridge, part of a statue at the bridge entrance and now in the museum of Belgrade.Deana Ratkovic, New Attribution of a Roman Bronze Portrait from Pontes (Iron Gate Limes), New Research on Ancient Bronzes. Acta of the XVIIIth International Congress on Ancient Bronzes. Zurich Studies in Archaeology, Vol. 10, 2015, 113–116

Repairs to the fort were done in the time of /ref> The fort was restored during Justinian’s restoration of the Limes.

When the bridge was destroyed the fort lost its significance and was mostly abandoned, but a settlement of limitanei continued.