 This area was then inhabited by the Illyrian tribe of Maezaeis, and in the 4th century BC Celts.From the Roman period there are several sites in Šiprage at the mouth Crkvenica – in Vrbanja river ("at the field of Omer Bey Šipraga," 1891), discovered the remains of an early Christian basilica (3rd - 5th century).Archaeological records confirm the existence of a Roman settlement at this location, while the stećci dates to the 12th century.