Original scientific paper

Roman market-place – macellum in Split

Anita Penović orcid.org/0000-0003-3912-4492 ; Temenos d. o. o.
Nebojša Nebojša ; Neir d. o. o.
Katja Marasović orcid.org/0000-0003-3564-2903 ; Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split

Abstract

Some twenty years ago, foundations of a part of a large
antique building consisting of orthogonal walls and three
concentric circular walls were discovered at the site of Ad
basilicas pictas, 500 meters north of Diocletian’s Palace. The
researchers interpreted the finds as remnants of an ancient
odeon, which they dated to the first or second century based
on the archaeological material. The new 2013/2014 excavations,
conducted east of this site, in the area of Domovinskog
rata Street, identified that the circular walls continued further
to the east, forming a full circle and were located in a building
with a square ground plan, its external dimensions measuring
67 × 67 meters. This paper will provide an overview of all researches to date and attempt to reconstruct the ground plan of
the discovered building, its original purpose and the time of its
construction.

Keywords

Split, market-place, macellum, Diocletian, Constantine

Hrčak ID:

271201

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/271201

Publication date:

22.12.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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