Narona

  • The Ruins of Narona are located next to the village of Vid in Croatia, which holds an Archeological Museum.
  • Narona was a Roman city in the Province of Dalmatia.

Roman Sites

  • Roman Temple
    • It was called the Augusteum and is now the Archeological Museum Narona.

Museums

  • Archeological Museum Narona
    • The museum is built over the Remains of the Roman Temple called the Augusteum. On a podium are 15 marble statues of Roman Emperors and their family members excavated from the Temple.
    • Their heads had been broken off by the anti-Pagan laws enacted by Theodosius I (379-395 CE). Two of the heads had been acquired in 1878 by the British Archeologist Arthur Evans, and have since been reunited with their statues.
    • Some of the statues that have been identified are of Germanicus, Drusus, Claudius, Agrippina the Younger, Livia and Vespasian.
    • There is also an Inscription honouring Augustus by the Governor of Dalmatia, Cornelius Dolabella.

 

Narona Archeological Museum

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