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Aqueduct in Skopje.’ Radiocarbon 61 (5): Debates concerning the number of urban cen-
1239–51. tres on Cres, and their role within the administra-
Sironić, A., A. Cherkinsky, D. Borković, tive structure, have persisted since Fortis’s time.
et al. 2023. ‘A New Approach on Data The discussion has focused not only on whether
Extrapolation for Mortar Dating in the three independent Roman towns existed, but also
Zagreb Radiocarbon Laboratory.’ Nuclear on their precise locations.
Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Since 2023, the Austrian–Slovenian project
Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials Osor beyond the myth has focused on Osor. The
and Atoms 537:119–24. new findings provide insights into the impact of
Starac, A. 2000. Rimsko vladanje u Histriji i Roman urbanisation across the Cres–Lošinj ar-
Liburniji II: društveno i pravno uređenje chipelago, as well as clarifying the debate concern-
prema literarnoj, natpisnoj i arheološkoj ing Roman towns on Cres. This study also draws
građi. Monografije i Katalozi 10/2. on results from a second project, a joint Croatian–
Arheološki muzej Istre. Austrian initiative investigating the radiocarbon 137
Stražičić, N. 1980. ‘Pomorstvo otoka Cresa. dating of historical mortar from the Cres–Lošinj
Položaj uz važne pomorske puteve.’ Otočki archipelago. Mortar dating from the city walls of
ljetopis Cres-Lošinj 3:205–39. Beli provides direct evidence concerning the histo-
Stražičić, N. 1981. Otok Cres: prilog poznavanju ry of Roman urbanisation on Cres.
geografije naših otoka. Otočki ljetopis Cres- Given well-founded suspicions that the ar-
Lošinj 4. Samoupravna interesna zajednica chipelago’s most important epigraphic source had
kulture općine Cres-Lošinj and, Geografsko been misattributed, the archaeological evidence
društvo Hrvatske. for the three presumed Roman towns – Osor, Cres,
Stuiver, M., and H. A. Polach. 1977. ‘Discussion: and Beli – was compared. In doing so, it was nec-
Reporting of ¹⁴C Data.’ Radiocarbon 19 (2): essary to consider not only individual epigraphic
355–63. monuments but also traces of the Roman period
Turković, T., and N. Maraković. 2005. ‘Prilog across the archipelago as a whole, as only this ap-
poznavanju najranije faze ranokršćanskog proach reveals the full significance of Roman pres- The Roman Urbanisation of the Northern Adriatic Island of Cres
kompleksa Sv. Marije na groblju u Osoru.’ ence. In addition to monuments and artefacts, the
Peristil 48:5–18. spatial patterns of systematic Roman settlement
Wilkes, J. J. 1969. Dalmatia. Routledge & Kegan expansion testify to this history.
Paul. The results confirm that Osor can be identi-
fied as the Roman centre of Cres and that the in-
Summary scription CIL III 3148 (10131) likely originates
The framework that integrates the various aspects of there. The location of Roman Cres remains un-
Roman history in the Cres–Lošinj archipelago has known. Mortar dating indicates that Beli was set-
existed for around 250 years. When interest in an- tled in Late Antiquity, but no evidence supports
tiquity was just beginning to grow, travel literature the notion that it functioned as a Roman town
was also gaining prominence. Alberto Fortis’s 1771 during the early imperial period.
travelogue exemplifies this period for the islands of
Cres and Lošinj. It is not only the earliest publica- Povzetek
tion of its kind on the archipelago, but also the first Okvir, ki združuje različne vidike rimske zgodo-
to record crucial archaeological information for the vine na arhipelagu Cres-Lošinj, obstaja približno
study of the islands’ history and culture. This in- 250 let. V času, ko se je zanimanje za antiko šele
cludes epigraphic monuments such as the CIL III začelo krepiti, so postali pomembni tudi potopisi.
3148 (10131) inscription, which refers to the con- Potopis Alberta Fortisa iz leta 1771 odraža to ob-
struction of a curia during the reign of Tiberius. Ac- dobje v primeru otokov Cres in Lošinj. Gre ne le
cording to Fortis, this inscription originates from za najzgodnejšo tovrstno publikacijo o arhipelagu,
the small village of Beli, at the northern tip of Cres. temveč tudi za prvo, ki navaja ključne arheološke