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<strong>SICULI</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />
<strong>SICULI</strong> EXCAVATION SITE:<br />
The largest in area, discovered until today, the ancient site in Kaštela is positioned in Resnik. Many years of archeological<br />
research have found that it was a settlement with remnants that are dating back from Hellenistic to late Roman<br />
period. According to antique itineraries, such as Tabula Peutingeriana, here we can accommodate the only ancient<br />
settlement whose name was preserved in the area of Kaštela - Siculi. It was situated 5 Roman miles from Tragurion<br />
and 9 from Salona. Also, from historical resources, the information by Pliny the Elder was saved about Claudius’<br />
veterans populating this area in the 1st century AD. A few tomb stones were found in the area of neighboring<br />
Bijaći which mention the veterans of XI legion stationed till the seventies of the 1st century in the Roman camp<br />
in Burnum near today’s Ivoševci in the vicinity of Kistanje. As this legion, with some others, during the Scribonian<br />
rebellion remained faithful to Claudius, it was named Claudia Pia Fidelis, the emperor awarded his veterans by giving<br />
them lands.<br />
The settlement covers the area of approximately 36 000 sq m at the confluence of rich in water Resnik stream.<br />
It is positioned in a place where the road Salona -Tragurium separates and leads further to the inland, following the<br />
maple road toward the rustic villas in the field and further to Veli Bijać, Plano and Labin. In the Iron Ages in the<br />
area of Veli Bijać, there was a big settlement, and Resnik was its closest neighbor and the most convenient road to<br />
the sea. The docking area from 2nd-1st BC was researched, the representative relief decorated glasses and craters<br />
origin from there.