- Diocletian’s Palace is the old city of Split, Croatia. The Roman Walls, Vaults, Towers and Cathedral are still standing today and are 1700 years old. It is a unique example of a completely preserved Roman Fortress.
- The Building was completed in time for Diocletian‘s retirement on the 1st May 305 CE.
Description
- It was a rectangular Fortress, surrounded with watchtowers, except on the southern side which fronted onto the sea.
- The front half of the building housed the Palace.
- The rear half housed a garrison of 10,000 troops.
- The Mausoleum of Diocletian is part of the Cathedral of St. Domnius, located inside the Palace.
- The Diocletianus Aqueduct, Split is a 5 mile (9km) Roman Aqueduct supplying water from the Jadro River to Diocletian's Palace at Split.
Diocletian's Palace at Nicomedia
- Diocletian's Palace at Nicomedia, Bithynia
- Diocletian built a Palace at his new Capital of the East, Nicomedia in c.283 CE.
- It was mentioned by Lactantius (240-c.320 CE) and only a few ruins survive.
Diocletian’s Palace, Split: