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| The origin of the Croatian name Solin is in latinized name Salona, having root in the Illyirian language. In the history this name is first mentioned in the year 119 B.C. during the war between Illyrs and Romans. The time of foundation of this settlement is certainly much earlier. According to old Greek geographer Strabon Salona was the harbour of the Illyrian tribe Dalmati who probably were trading with the Greek seamen. |
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| Salona was a stronghold and a harbour of the Illyrian Delmati which quite early came into the sphere of influence of the Greeks on the Adriatic. Julius Caesar, who was then the governor of Illyricum gave it the rank of a colony (Colonia Martia Julia Salona) - the center of the province of Illyricum and afterwards of the province of Dalmatia. It developed into a cosmopolitan centre of the Adriatic. The high point of its expansion was during the time of Diocletian when it received the honorary title Valeria, which as a family name belonged to the emperor himself. In the period between the IVth and Vlth centuries Salona became an important centre of Christianity. It fell before the onslaught of the Avars and Slavs around the year 641.
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