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Dalmatia (/ dælˈmeɪʃə, - tiə /; Croatian: Dalmacija [dǎlmaːtsija]; Italian: Dalmazia [dalˈmattsja]; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, [ 1 ][ 4 ] alongside Central Croatia, Slavonia, and Istria, located on the east shore of the Adriatic Sea in Croatia.
The city of Split was founded as the Greek colony of Aspálathos (Aσπάλαθος) in the 3rd or 2nd century BC. It became a prominent settlement around 650 CE when it succeeded the ancient capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia, Salona. After the Sack of Salona by the Avars and Slavs, the fortified Palace of Diocletian was settled by the ...
Dalmatian city-states were the Dalmatian localities where the local Romance population survived the Barbarian invasions after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 400s CE.
Oct 13, 2022 · Diocletian’s Palace is an ancient palace located in Split, Croatia. The ancient palace was built at the turn of the 4th century for the Roman emperor Diocletian. While it is referred to as a palace, the large complex was not used only for one purpose.
Spalatum or Aspalathos (Greek: Ασπάλαθος): port in Dalmatia, famous as residence of the retired emperor Diocletian, modern Split. History. Ruins of Spalatum today. s.III-II BCE: Aspalathos founded, probably as colony of Issa, which in turn was a Syracusan settlement from the fourth century BCE.
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 manufacture of perfumes.
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.
