Archaeologia Adriatica, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2008.
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Did a Roman Limes Exist on Delmataean Territory?
Darko Periša
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It has long been considered that at the end of the 1st century BC or the beginning of the 1st century AD, a series of permanent Roman military camps had been built in the Delmataean territory extending from the Krka River to the Neretva River as well as to the south of the Dinara Mountain. Indeed up to the present it was unanimously thought that this had been a Roman defense border, a kind of Roman limes. Such a border would be composed of the Roman camps of Burnum and Tilurium, as well the auxiliary camps of Andetrium and Bigeste. According to the opinion of some archaeologists, this limes would have developed as a result of Octavian’s campaign against the Delmatae in 34-33 BC, while others tend to think it was constructed only after the suppression of Bato’s uprising in AD 9. The aim was to protect the Roman seaport towns with colonial status (Salona and Narona), as well the important river crossings of the rivers Krka and Cetina. The author will attempt to explain that the permanent Roman military camps of this supposed limes had actually not been built at the same time, but in fact resulted from different Roman military operations on Delmataean territory. The camp at Bigeste had been built either during Asinius Pollio’s campaign against the Delmatae in 40 BC or during Octavian’s campaign in 34-33 BC, while the camp at Tilurium was a component part of Octavian’s large siege system that surrounded the Delmataean fortified town (i.e. hillfort settlement) of Setovia, the camp at Andetrium was constructed during or after Tiberius’ conquest of the Delmataean fortified town of Andetrium, while Burnum was built as a result of Germanicus’ siege of the Delmataean fortified town of Arduba, representing their last major stronghold.
Ključne riječi
Roman military camps; "Roman limes"; Delmatae; Andetrium; Bigeste; Burnum; Tilurium
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37126
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Datum izdavanja:
23.5.2009.
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