New Find of a Roman Boundary Wall in Golubić near Obrovac

Abstract

U radu je predstavljen rijedak nalaz rimskoga međašnog zida nedavno otkriven u selu Golubiću kod Obrovca. Ostaci širokoga suhozida sačuvani su u dužini od oko 900 m. Protežu se u ravnoj liniji od kanjona rijeke Krnjeze na istoku do južne padine brda Gradina na zapadu. Zid je izgradila rimska vlast tijekom 1. stoljeća poslije Krista u svrhu teritorijalnog razgraničenja dviju liburnskih peregrinskih zajednica. Najvjerojatnije je riječ o Hadri (Smokovac u Krupi) i jednoj od zajednica sa središtem na lijevoj strani rijeke Zrmanje. Izgradnjom međašnih zidova rimska je uprava razrješavala teritorijalne sporove i moguće sukobe između pripadnika susjednih zajednica, najčešće uzrokovane ispašom stoke i stočarskim kretanjima na međašnim područjima.This work presents a rare find of a Roman boundary wall found recently in the village of Golubić near Obrovac. Remains of a wide drystone wall were preserved about 900 m in length spreading in a straight line from the canyon of the Krnjeza river in the east to the southern slope of the hill Gradina in the west. The wall was built by the Roman authorities during the 1st century AD in order to make a territorial boundary between the two Liburnian peregrine communities. Most likely it was Hadra (Smokovac in Krupa) and one of the communities with the center on the left bank of Zrmanja. Roman administration built boundary walls to solve territorial disputes and possible conflicts between the members of neighbouring communities usually caused by rights of pasture and cattle movements in the boundary areas

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