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Spalatum (-i, n.) (alia nomina: Aspalatus, Palatium Diocletiani, Salona Nova, Spalatium, Spalatrum) (Croatice Split; Italiane Spalato; Dalmatice: Spalatro ; Graece: Ασπάλαθος / Aspálathos) est urbs Croatiae, in Dalmatia terra historica sita et caput Regionis Spalatensis-Dalmaticae.
Diocletian's Palace ( Croatian: Dioklecijanova palača, pronounced [diɔklɛt͡sijǎːnɔʋa pǎlat͡ʃa]) is an ancient palace built for the Roman emperor Diocletian at the end of the third century AD, which today forms about half of the old town of Split, Croatia.
Spalatum or Aspalathos (Greek: Ασπάλαθος): port in Dalmatia, famous as residence of the retired emperor Diocletian, modern Split.
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The author presents an analysis of the terminology used to denote Diocletian's palace at Spalatum (Split) in Late Antique and Early Medieval textual sources: Eutropius, Jerome, Epitome de Caesaribus, Prosper Tiro, Chronica Gallica, Comes Marcellinus and Constantine Porphyrogenitus.
- Manuela Studer-Karlen
Spalatum (modern Split, Croatia) is an ancient settlement on the Adriatic coast most noted for the palatial residence of the emperor Diocletian.
Jun 8, 2021 · Spalatum is the traditional name for the location of Diocletian's palace, which was transformed into a city in the early Byzantine period and still constitutes the urban core of Split on the coast of central Dalmatia in Croatia.
