Salona
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Salona (, ) was an ancient city and the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia and near to Split, in Croatia. It was one of the largest cities of the late Roman empire with 60,000 inhabitants. It was the last residence of the final western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos and acted as the de facto capital of the Western Roman Empire during the years 476–480.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Salona
- Ancient site.native_name
- Σάλωνα
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Salon
- Ancient site.image
- Episcopal Center (Salona) 03.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Episcopal Center
- Ancient site.map_type
- Croatia
- Ancient site.mapframe
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Near Solin, Croatia
- Ancient site.region
- Dalmatia
- Ancient site.type
- Capital of Dalmatia
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 7th century
- Ancient site.cultures
- Illyrian, Greek, Roman
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Frane Bulić
- Ancient site.condition
- In ruins
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Fall
- Architecture
- Manastirine
- Tusculum
- City walls
- Episcopal center
- Aqueduct
- Thermae
- Bridge of Five Arches
- Porta Caesarea
- Praetorium
- Forum
- Theatre
- Temple
- Kapljuc
- Amphitheatre
- Marusinac
- Gradina
- City necropolises
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Salona (, ) was an ancient city and the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia and near to Split, in Croatia. It was one of the largest cities of the late Roman empire with 60,000 inhabitants. It was the last residence of the final western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos and acted as the de facto capital of the Western Roman Empire during the years 476–480.
Salona was founded in the 3rd century BC and was mostly destroyed in the invasions of the Avars and Slavs in the seventh century AD.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salona” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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