Most Recent Visit: August 2024 The Roman city of Carsulae seems to have been founded around 220 BCE, when a branch of the Via Flaminia was built through the region between Rome and Ariminum. The exact date of foundation is not known, though. Prior to 3rd century BCE, the city was in the territory of…
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Continued From Sirmium Part I A few blocks to the southeast of the basilica are what remains of an imperial palace. Located at Pivarska 2, the excavations of the palace are open every day during the week from 8:00 to 17:00 and on Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 to 16:00. Admission is 300 RSD. The…
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Most Recent Visit: July 2025 The Roman settlement of Sirmium was located on the left bank of the Savus (modern Sava) near its confluence with the Bacuntius (modern Bosut). Today, the modern city of Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia occupies the site of the ancient city. The region in which Sremska Mitrovica is located, Syrmia (Srem or…
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Continued From Salona, Dalmatia – Part III While the majority of the archaeological remains of ancient Salona are contained within the archaeological park, there are a few things worth seeing outside the park as well. The easiest one to get to from the entrance of the archaeological park Marusinac cemetery complex. Marusinac is located about…
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Continued From Salona, Dalmatia – Part II. Along the exterior (east side) of the wall from the Porta Caesarea for about 70 meters north are the remains of portions of some residential insulae dating to the 3rd century CE. The pavement of a cardo running relatively parallel to the walls can be seen and the…
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Continued From Salona, Dalmatia – Part I A stairway descends from the top of the fortifications down into the area of the Episcopal Center of Salona, just to the west of the excavated towers. A few meters on and to the west of the bottom is a structure designated as Oratorium A. This space originally…
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Most Recent Visit: June 2025 Prior to the arrival of the Romans, the area of Colonia Martia Iulia Valeria Salona was part of the territory of the Dalmatae, an Illyrian tribe whose territory and name would later become the basis for the Roman province and modern region of Dalmatia. The Dalmatae seem to have broken…
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Continued From Kos Part IV A few kilometers outside both the modern and ancient city of Kos, is the Asclepieion complex. It is located just southwest of the village of Platani, off Agiou Dimitriou. The site doesn’t have an address, really, but it is well signposted from Kos and the main east-west road on the…
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Continued From Kos Part III Around 30 meters west of the tholos and eastern/western stoai, along Agiou Nikolaou is the intersection with Vasileos Pavlou A. On the northwest corner of that intersection is another excavated area, the so-called House of the Bronzes. The House of the Bronzes, however, is not a domestic structure at the…
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Continued From Kos Part II Roughly 350 meters east of the odeon, down Leoforos Grigouriou V, on the south side of the street is the Casa Romana. In the summer the site is open from 8:00 to 20:00 and is closed on Tuesdays. In the winter (November through March) it is open from 8:30 to…
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