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Diocletian’s Palace in Spalatum (now Split, Croatia) was a former residence built by Emperor Diocletian at the turn of the 3rd and 4th century CE as a villain which he intended to settle down after his intended stay in 305 CE abdication. The building was designed on the model of castrum romanum (a fortified Roman camp ), on a rectangle ...
Spalatum is the traditional name for the location of DIOCLETIAN’s palace, which was transformed into a city in the early Byzantine time and still constitutes the urban core of Split on the coast of central DALMATIA in Croatia. Excavations and restorations of the palace have been carried out since 1947. The name Spalatum probably derives from
In 305 CE, the emperor Diocletian, who had been shared the empire with Maximian, retired to a fortified palace he had built (in 293) in what was by now known as Spalatum. Model of Diocletian's palace.
It was built in 305 A.D. within the imperial palace, near the city of Salona, the ancient center of Illyricum. It was erected as a central peripter of an octagonal layout, the cylindrical interior of which is covered by a dome.
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Mar 20, 2021 · Diocletian’s Palace was constructed between AD 295 to 305, near his hometown of Spalatum on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, in the old town of present-day Split in Croatia. Image Credit : Falk2 – CC BY-SA 4.0
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.
Peristyle of Diocletian’s Palace. Split (Roman Spalatum) is city on the Dalmatian coast on a promontory in Kaštelanski Bay, southeast of Salona (modern Solin, Croatia). The etymology suggested by Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos from palatium (palace) is now considered incorrect—possibly, the Greek name was derived from a plant used in the ...
