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Roman Naval Bases at the Eastern Adriatic

On the basis of available data, the author shall search for sites of Roman naval bases at the Eastern Adriatic, particularly along the Croatian coastline and on its islands. In both prehistory and antiquity this part of the Adriatic has always been the preferred one for the maritime traffic, due to its countless islands and islets, and to one of the most indented coasts in the world, which secured numerous shelters and anchorages to ships and their crews. These features alone justify assumption that there must have been some other Roman naval stations, and not just in the main port of the classis praetoria Ravennatium in Ravenna at the western coast of the Adriatic Sea. Epigraphic evidence suggests that naval stations must have existed at least in Salona, and somewhere near Apsorus, on Colentum and perhaps in Iader ; unfortunately, literary sources and archaeological data are almost completely lacking.

Roman Dalmatia; Roman imperial fleets; Adriatic Sea; Salona; Aporus; Colentum; Iader

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