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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. Eight little cities were created by indigenous inhabitants who maintained political links with the Eastern Roman Empire which defended these cities, enabling their ...
The Aqueduct of Diocletian ( Croatian: Dioklecijanov akvadukt) is an ancient Roman aqueduct near Split, Croatia ( Latin: Spalatum) constructed during the Roman Empire to supply water to the palace of the emperor Diocletian, who was Augustus 284 to 305 AD, retired to Spalatum, and died there in 311. [1] [2]
- Aqueduct
- 9 km
- 16.5 m
- reign of Diocletian (3rd/4th century)
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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 ...
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 ...
Restoration of Diocletian’s mausoleum in Split. Radoslav Buzancic. Diocletian’s mausoleum is one of the best preserved buildings from the fourth century, which only went through some minor modifications from the time that it was built. It was built in 305 A.D. within the imperial palace, near the city of Salona, the ancient center of Illyricum.
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 ...
Aspalathos - Spalatum - history of Split . Although the city was originally inhabitated since the 6th century BC as a Greek colony named Aspalathos, todays Split officially counts its years from 295 AD, the starting year of the construction of Diocletian's Palace, which became the very heart of the future city.
