Historical place profile

Spalatum

Spalatum (modern Split, Croatia) is an ancient settlement on the Adriatic coast most noted for the palatial residence of the emperor Diocletian.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:197524
Catalogue ID
pleiades:197524
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
43.506883, 16.442449
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Spalatum (modern Split, Croatia) is an ancient settlement on the Adriatic coast most noted for the palatial residence of the emperor Diocletian.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 20 D6 Spalatum

Source and reuse

This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.

Research path

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