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APARTMENTS SPLIT
Split is the largest and
most important city in Dalmatia, the administrative center of
Croatia's Split-Dalmatia County, and the country's second-largest
city. It is a Mediterranean city, situated on a small peninsula on
the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea.After almost dying from a
sickness, the Roman Emperor Diocletian (ruled AD 284 to 305), great
reformer of the late Roman Empire, decided to retire from politics
in AD 305. The Emperor ordered work to begin on a retirement palace
near his hometown, and since he was from the town of Dioclea near
Salona, he chose the nearby seaside town of Spalatum for the
location. Work on the palace began in AD 293 in readiness for his
retirement from politics. The palace was built as a massive
structure, much like a Roman military fortress. It faces the sea on
its south side, with its walls 170 to 200 meters (570 to 700 feet)
long, and 15 to 20 meters (50 to 70 feet) high, enclosing an area of
38,000m² (9½ acres). The Emperor retired exactly according to
schedule, and became the first Roman emperor to voluntarily remove
himself from office. |
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