Vinkovci

Vinkovci is a town in Slavonia, inside the Vukovar-Srijem County in japanese Croatia. In the 2011 census, the full populace of the city turned into 35,312, making it the biggest metropolis of the county. Surrounded via many big villages, it is a local delivery hub, mainly due to its railways. The call Vinkovci is meant to return from the commonplace Croatian private name Vinko. It changed into referred to as Cibalae in antiquity. There are several proposed etymologies for Cibalae. Those who propose that Illyrian become a satem language generally advise that it comes from Proto-Indo-European ghebhel, in the sense "hill".

Those who recommend the idea that Illyrian turned into a centum language commonly endorse that it comes from Proto-Indo-European words kjey and bel, so that it approach "strong house". The place around Vinkovci has been usually inhabited since the Neolithic length. It turned into made a municipium underneath Hadrian and received the fame of Colonia Aurelia Cibalae during the reign of emperor Caracalla. It turned into the birthplace of Roman emperors Valentinian I and Valens.