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Map of Yotvingian Federation

Map of Sudovian Castles
near Pajevonys & Ėglupiai

Pajevonys was a major Sūdovian
Cultural Seat & Spiritual Center.

One hillfort dates from the 1st-2nd century up to the 13th

The Kunigiškiai complex may well have been known as

Kresmena


 

Roman coins ( Tiberius* / Caligula* / Claudius I* ) from Pajevonys *
predate 2nd Century Ptolemy's mention of  Σουδινοί.


* Documented by Dr. J. Basanavičius in "Apie Senovės Lietuvos Pilis", 1891, p.42

** For 2001 documentation on the Pajevonys Claudius I denarius by Mykolas Michelbertas, click here.
- excerpt from "Corpus der römischen Funde im europäischen Barbaricum: Litauen" (Habelt, 2001)

* On page 726 in "Romėniškasis ir tautų kraustymosi laikotarpiai" by Audronė Bliujienė
( Lietuvos Archeologija, Vol. III, Klaipėda, 2013 ) the author writes that at Kunigiškiai, Pajevonys
there was a Roman silver denarius coin issued by Emperor Claudius ( AD 41-54 ),
& cites Mykolas Michelbertas 2001.

Szurpiły

~ a major Yotvingian settlement ~

For additional information on Yotvingian Castle sites - Click Here

For more info about Sūduva, click below

~ The Republic of Lithuania ruled in 2005 that SŪDUVA is only an ethnic/cultural term ~
~ Sūduva was not allowed to vote! ~