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The Late Antiquity Inscription from Galičnik near Jelsa

Joško Kovačić

Abstract

The paper tries to sum up the hitherto published opinions on the fort of Galičnik (or: Grad) near presentday town of Jelsa on the island of Hvar, Croatia, as well as of that of Gradina near the same town. It excludes the possibility suggested by some earlier authors that both fortifications have originated or been used in the Middle Ages, and supposes that they were erected in the mid 5.th c. A. D., during the Roman emperor Justinian's endeavors to stop the barbarians from the mainland and to make safe the military and trade routes along the Eastern coast of the Adriatic sea. It also publishes an inscription, seemingly from the above mentioned period, found on the premises of Galičnik in April 2000, and urges for archaeological research of this evidently well preserved site.

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Hrčak ID:

123697

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/123697

Publication date:

30.6.2002.

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