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Area. 20.8 ha (51 acres) Split ( / ˈsplɪt /; [4] [5] Croatian pronunciation: [splît] ⓘ ), historically known as Spalato (from Venetian: Spàlato, Italian: Spalato pronounced [ˈspalato]; see other names ), is the second-largest city of Croatia after the capital Zagreb, the largest city in Dalmatia and the largest city on the Croatian coast.
- History of Split
The city of Split was founded as the Greek colony of...
- Diocletian's Palace
Diocletian's Palace (Croatian: Dioklecijanova palača,...
- History of Split
Spalatum or Aspalathos (Greek: Ασπάλαθος): port in Dalmatia, famous as residence of the retired emperor Diocletian, modern Split.
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Split, ancient Spalatum, Seaport (pop., 2001: 188,694), Dalmatia, Croatia. The Romans established the colony of Salonae nearby in 78 bc, and the emperor Diocletian lived at Split until his death in ad 313. After the Avars sacked the town in 615, the inhabitants built a new town within Diocletian’s 7-acre (3-hectare) palace compound; this ...
Insigniicant Spalatum is replaced by Salona because of her greater renown, but also because Romans regarded the city one and the same as its ager; thus, territorium Salonae implied the area of Spalatum.54 Sidonius attests the functioning of Diocletian’s mausoleum to the end of the ith century, thus major alterations must have taken place in ...
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 ...
Split, historically known as Spalato, is the second-largest city of Croatia after the capital Zagreb, the largest city in Dalmatia and the largest city on the Croatian coast. It lies on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea and is spread over a central peninsula and its surroundings.
Jun 8, 2021 · PDF. Tools. Share. Abstract. 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. REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS.
