 In 1995, repairs to water pipes in the area in question led to the discovery of some of the foundations of a building.Determining the exact date of the establishment of Ulpiana is not easy.However, relying on archaeological finds excavated so far as prehistoric ceramics, tombs of the Bronze period Lower Bernice culture, as well as other findings early and late period of iron, we can say that Ulpianais established on a prehistoric dwelling somewhere in the 1st or 2nd century AD.Construction then continued more or less in the 6th century AD.