20.500.12556/RUP-22742 The Roman Urbanisation of the Northern Adriatic Island of Cres Re-Evaluation of Archaeological Sources from Osor, Cres and Beli Rimska urbanizacija severnojadranskega otoka Cresa: ponovna ocena arheoloških virov iz Osorja, s Cresa in iz Belega The article examines the question of Roman urbanisation on the island of Cres during the early imperial period. It seeks to balance the markedly different levels of research conducted at Osor, Cres, and Beli, evaluating them impartially. This re-evaluation is based on the principle that considering inscriptions, architecture, and landscape context together provides a more comprehensive understanding of Roman urban development than treating these categories separately. Adopting this approach has improved understanding of the available archaeological evidence. At the same time, it has revealed that perceptions of the Roman towns on Cres are influenced more by the state of research than most scholars would admit. The contribution of archaeological prospection methods and the dating of historical mortar are also discussed. Due to the very different post-Roman historical trajectories and natural conditions at each site, a wide range of results has been observed. The findings confirm that Osor was the Roman centre of Cres and that the inscription CIL III 3148 (10131) most likely originates from there. The location of the potential Roman settlement of Crexi remains unknown. No evidence was found to support the existence of an early imperial town at Beli. Instead, the dating of the city wall mortar indicates a settlement phase in late Antiquity. Članek obravnava rimsko urbanizacijo otoka Cres v zgodnjem cesarskem obdobju. Poskuša uravnotežiti zelo različno raziskanost Osorja, Cresa in Belega ter jih nepristransko ovrednotiti. To ponovno vrednotenje temelji na načelu, da celovito razumevanje rimske urbanizacije omogoča sočasno upoštevanje napisov, arhitekture in krajinskega konteksta, saj posamezne kategorije same ne dajejo popolne slike. Takšen pristop je izboljšal razumevanje razpoložljivih arheoloških virov. Hkrati je pokazal, da je naše dojemanje rimskih mest na Cresu odvisnejše od stanja raziskav, kot bi si marsikateri raziskovalec želel priznati. Obravnavana sta tudi vloga arheoloških prospekcijskih metod in datiranje zgodovinske malte. Zaradi povsem različnih zgodovinskih procesov po rimskem obdobju in naravnih pogojev na posameznih lokacijah so rezultati zelo različni. Rezultati potrjujejo, da je bil Osor rimsko središče otoka Cresa in da napis CIL III 3148 (10131) verjetno izvira od tam. Lokacija morebitnega rimskega naselja Crexi ostaja neznana. Ni dokazov, ki bi potrjevali obstoj zgodnjecesarskega mesta Beli. Datiranje malte mestnega obzidja kaže na fazo naselitve v pozni antiki. Kvarner Islands Osor Cres Beli Roman municipium Mortar analysis kvarnerski otoki Osor Cres Beli rimski municipij analiza malte true false false Založba Univerze na Primorskem Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-03-09 14:26:43 2026-03-09 14:26:43 2026-03-10 03:07:31 0000-00-00 00:00:00 0 0 Koper 0 str. 121-138 no. 2 Vol. 13 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2350-5443 https://doi.org/10.26493/2350-5443.13(2)121-138 ZUP_Doneus_Nives_2025.pdf ZUP_Doneus_Nives_2025.pdf 1 342147CD84EE970FF5913202EBB2C460 3ccc761226733f25fb40bbc86708091a22e0cf7f11e5113f2c77453bad49b05c 14cde90c-1bbc-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=33131 https://www.hippocampus.si/ISSN/2350-5443/2-2025/2350-5443.13(2)121-138.pdf 0 0c9cfbdd-1bbc-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=33130 Založba Univerze na Primorskem 0 0 0