Salona was an ancient city and the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia.
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10 Facts About Salona
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Salona is located in the modern town of Solin, next to Split, in Croatia.
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Salona was founded in the 3rd century BC and was mostly destroyed in the invasions of the Avars and Slavs in the seventh century AD.
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Salona grew in the area of the Greek cities of Tragurian and Epetian on the river Jadro in the 3rd century BC.
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Salona is the largest archaeological park in Croatia and grew to over 60,000 inhabitants.
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Salona had been in the territory of the Illyrian Delmatae, before the conquest of the Romans.
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Salona became the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia because it sided with the future Roman Dictator Gaius Julius Caesar in the civil war against Pompey.
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Martia Iulia Valeria Salona Felix was founded probably after the Roman civil wars under Julius Caesar.
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Salona had a mint that was connected with the mint in Sirmium and silver mines in the Dinaric Alps through Via Argentaria.
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Salona's continuing prosperity resulted in the extensive church building in the fourth and fifth centuries, including an episcopal basilica and a neighboring church and baptistery inside the walls, and several shrines honoring martyrs outside.
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