1 Introduction – territory and history Caska, current day village located within a deep cove on the island of Pag (Croatia), was most likely during the Roman period the ancient settlement of Cissa (Gissa), mentioned by Pliny the Elder1 . In centuries prior...
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1 Introduction – territory and history Caska, current day village located within a deep cove on the island of Pag (Croatia), was most likely during the Roman period the ancient settlement of Cissa (Gissa), mentioned by Pliny the Elder1 . In centuries prior to the Roman conquest, the island of Pag belonged to the territory of Liburni, who lived in the area spanning from the Raša River in Istria to the Krka River in Northern Dalmatia, including the islands adjacent to the coast2 . The aforementioned territory later became part of the Roman province of Illyricum, and then - after its division at the very beginning of the 1st century AD – it was included in the province of Dalmatia3 . The Liburni were in most regards quite open to Roman influence and collaborated with them even before the organisation of provinces, which accelerated the cultural exchange between the two nations4 . Accordingly, the Romanisation process in Caska ar
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