Ulaka is a high plateau rising about 100 metres above the valley west of Stari trg near Lož (southwest Slovenia). Traces of a prehistoric hilltop settlement and a Roman settlement lie on its flat top covering an area of five hectares.
Ulaka had its first period of prosperity in the early Iron Age. Graves with abundant burial objects date from this period, indicating Ulaka's participation in the exchange between the Iron Age cultures of the Italic Peninsula and the Western Balkans.
The remains of a Roman fortress are to be found on a 670 m high hill northwest of the summit of Ulaka. It appears to have consisted of a combination of ramparts and ditches and covered an area of three hectares.
Traces of another Roman military camp can also be found on Nadleški hrib, a steep hill south of Ulaka. This camp on Nadleški hrib was first used at the same time as the camp northwest of Ulaka. The camp was probably a siege building from the time of the Roman conquest of the hilltop settlement of Ulaka.

It was probably built during Julius Caesar's proconsulship in Illyricum (59–49 BC) or at the latest during Octavian's Illyrian Wars (35–33 BC). The discovery of Roman weapons and military equipment hint at a conflict between the Roman army and the locals who were trying to defend their hilltop settlement.

Ulaka was also a settlement during Roman times. More than 500 Roman coins indicate a settlement at the beginning of the 5th century. In addition to coins, there have been military finds, pottery, fibulae and other jewellery from the Roman period.

Archaeologists discovered numerous traces of metalworking and forging in the course of their archeological excavations in Ulaka. The discovery of forging tools, cookers, smelters, solidification vessels, bronze and iron slag and several other similar iron tools suggest a highly developed metalworking and forging activity. These finds support the thesis of Ulaka as the market centre of the local community.
Tools for processing iron.

ABOUT THE PROJECT
The project “Danube’s Archaeological eLandscapes” is funded by the Interreg Danube Transnational Programme of the EU. Using state-of-the-art technologies, the project’s main goal is to make the archaeological heritage and in particular the archaeological landscapes more visible and thus more attractive at the regional, national, and international level.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
The exhibition "Stories of the Past - Digital Journey into Lost Landscapes" is shown in eight countries at the same time. The other exhibition sites besides the Archaeology Museum of the Universalmuseum Joanneum are the following:
National Museum of Slovenia in Ljubljana, National Hungarian National Museum in Budapest, National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest, Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, City Museum Vršac (Serbia), Ruse Regional Museum of History (Bulgaria), East Slovak Museum in Košice.

CREDITS
Graphic: National Museum of Slovenia.
Cut: Sarah Kiszter / UMJ
Music: M33 Project - Dark Matter

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