Folia onomastica Croatica, No. 7, 1998.
Original scientific paper
Changes in the settlement pattern of late Roman Dalmatia : traces in place-names
Slobodan Čače
; Filozofski fakultet u Zadru
Abstract
For toponymic study of pre-Croatian origins the evaluation of changes in the
settlement pattern during the last centuries of Roman Dalmatia can have a special
meaning. Most of the central settlements of the early Croatian Middle Ages
were not established on the location of prosperous cities of Roman times, but
developed from fortified settlements of late antiquity (i. e., the early Byzantine
period): Knin, Biograd, Klis, etc. Important data for toponymic conclusions, and
in some instances for etymological research can be drawn from changes in the
early settlement pattern. The author examines the following place-names: 1) the
place-name Kotor (and other similar names) and 2) place-names that probably
developed from the Latin labes. Both groups are related to names of fortified
places of the late period of antiquity.
Keywords
Late Antiquity; Early Middle Age; place-names; changes of settlement pattern
Hrčak ID:
180252
URI
Publication date:
21.6.1999.
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