Naslov
Diocletian’s “imperial court” in Doclea

Autori
Turković, Tin

Izvornik
Ars Adriatica (1848-1590) 11 (2021); 9-34

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Diocletian, Doclea (Dioclea), Late Antique Imperial Architecture

Sažetak
Te aim of the paper is the re-examination of the “forum” of late antique Doclea (Dioclea), the interpretation of which has never been finished, although so information been collated during the past 131 years. Trough re-examination of the complex with its distinctive features this paper offers answers on some of the still unresolved issues. A primary is-sue was to resolve who was responsible for its arrangement. Afer an onomastic analysis only one conclusion asserted itself – the “forum complex” could only have been erected by the Emperor Diocletian, who was obviously responsible for the rearrangement of the whole town of Doclea (Dioclea), his hometown. Further analysis of the concept, architec-tural arrangement and vocabulary used in the “forum” and adjoining “basilica” only corroborate that it was precisely Diocletian and his “architectural school”. Without a doubt, the Doclean (Dioclean) “forum complex” was innovative and original in many ways, along with its importance as an “imperial forum”, the “Diocletian’s imperial court”, will re-main in the collective memory of the Montenegrins for centuries to come.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
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