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After a series of conflicts, the Romans conquered the Histri and took power of the Istria peninsula in 178 and 177 BC. Romans established the port of Pietas Iulia (modern Pula) and gradually converting the inland areas into latifundia, large estates worked by colonists and locals. Although pockets of Illyrian resistance remained in the hilly ...
Mar 6, 2024 · Poreč: Istria’s ancient Roman capital. Tucked away on a narrow peninsula only 500m (1640ft) long and 200m (656ft) wide, the Roman past of the old town of Poreč is unmistakable. This seaside city was called Parentium during Roman times, when it served as the capital of Istria. The car-free old town’s grid of cobblestone lanes and ...
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Jun 28, 2021 · A 3,000-year-old History. Pula was annexed to the 10th Italic region & was transformed into an imperial city where some of the best examples of Roman architecture were built. Since the beginning of the Iron Age, Istria was inhabited by the Histri, a tribe of Indo-European origin for whom the peninsula is named.
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The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf. It is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy, with 87% of surface area being part of Croatia. Croatia encapsulates most of the Istrian peninsula within Istria County.
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e. The Roman Republic conquered and occupied territories in the Iberian Peninsula that were previously under the control of native Celtic, Iberian, Celtiberian and Aquitanian tribes and the Carthaginian Empire. The Carthaginian territories in the south and east of the peninsula were conquered in 206 BC during the Second Punic War.
Ancient times: Roman Empire in Istria. Roman times in Istria began in 177. B.C., when the Romans conquered Nesactium, the center of Histri, located close to today’s city of Pula. With the arrival of the Romans, former ways of life were changed: there was a surge in literacy, roads and seaports were built, division of the land was established ...
There are hundreds of their preserved fort-hill settlements scattered all across Istria. In the 2nd century, after a hundred years of battles, Roman army finally conquered Istria. Their 5 centuries long rule was characterized by the intensive urbanization. It is the era when first Istrian cities were formed, Pula being the most prominent one.
