Salona

This is a Roman archeological site. Salina had an interesting history of growth and then abandonment. At its height it was home to 60,000 Roman’s but after Rome fell, the people didn’t feel safe and moved into the protective walls of the Diocletian Palace in Split about 5 km away. There are lots of walls, a few arches, the remains of a cemetery and divided out farm plots.
There isn’t a lot of explanation of what you are looking at which made the site hard to understand.
Here is some background…

Salona was first mentioned as an Illyrian town in 119 BC and it's thought that it already had walls by then. The Romans seized the site in 78 BC and under the rule of Augustus it became the administrative headquarters of the empire's Dalmatian province.

The original city spread west to the 2nd-century amphitheatre, destroyed in the 17th century by the Venetians to prevent it from being used as a refuge by Turkish raiders. At one time it could accommodate 18,000 spectators, which gives an idea of the size and importance of ancient Salona.

It was interesting that the amphitheater and the entire site was wide open. I walked down and into the center. And was able to walk in the same steps as those spectators from the 2nd century.
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