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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 ...
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Feb 25, 2023 · Zagreb. There are many theories about the origin of the name Zagreb. In Croatian folk etymology, the name of the city has been derived from either the verb za-grab, meaning “to scoop” or “to ...
Aug 18, 2020 · 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
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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 ...
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 ...
