Solin

Solin is a city in Dalmatia, Croatia. It is located proper northeast of Split, on the Adriatic Sea and the river Jadro. Solin developed on the vicinity of historical town of Salona which changed into the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia and the birthplace of Emperor Diocletian. After the arrival of Avars and Croats in the 7th-century, the metropolis turned into destroyed, and its refugees moved to settlement in and round Diocletian's palace, Spalatum, turning it right into a fortified town.

In the Early Middle Ages Solin turned into a part of the Croatian territory and performed an critical position in Medieval Croatian country, being one of the political centres. In the late ancient times, Salona's importance was terrific both politically and religiously. Salona became an early Roman agreement, which became overshadowed while Emperor Diocletian constructed the close by Diocletian's Palace in approximately the year 300 AD.