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Late Antique Changes in the Urban Structure of the Dalmatian Metropolis: The Episcopal Complex in Salona

The paper deals with urban development of one of the most thoroughly archaeologically explored quarters of Salona, the ancient capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia – the north-western part of the so-called Urbs Orientalis, part of the town in which late antique Episcopal complex was situated. The urban transformation of the quarter is presented through three major phases ; the situation that preceded the erection of the Christian complex, then the complex itself, with subsequent changes of its appearance, and fnally its further growth and epansion to the east. The study largely depends on combining and ‘merging’ the results of different archaeological campaigns conducted during the past century (W. Gerber and E. Dyggve) that, quite surprisingly, have never been put together and studied comparatively. Quite contrary to common notions, it is argued that before the erection of the Christian buildings this part of the town was a residential quarter, organized according to the usual principles of Roman town planning, and that the outlines of at least fve houses can be discerned from the ancient structures preceding the Episcopal complex. It is also hypothesized that during the sixth century the complex spread to the east, across the street, and that it got an even more monumental appearance, incorporating among other structures the so- called ‘Large thermae’, and that this part of the town was turned into a grand ‘Episcopal district’.

Salona, urban development, Episcopal complex, Archbishop Petrus

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