Impacts of Roman Reign on the Cultural-political Circumstances in the Province of Dalmatia

Abstract

The Roman strategy of establishing their rule in the Province of Dalmatia was implemented systematically and following an established pattern. It was based on four separate processes: the first process is pacification, the second is colonisation, the third is urbanisation, and the fourth is Romanisation. The main role in the implementation of these processes was with the Roman citizens and soldiers-veterans. They were the creators of both political and cultural lives in the Province of Dalmatia. Roman citizens were elected as members of the ordo decurionum, ediles, duumvirs, procurators, protectors and other officers. It was via them that the Empire authorities established full control over the subjected populations in newly-conquered regions, with clearly defined political and cultural objectives. Such a strategy was particularly present in the course of the Republican and Early Empire Ages. After that, the Empire began to weaken, coupled with the decline in its influence on both political and cultural developments of life and work in the Province of Dalmatia. This development lasted until 476 A.D., i.e., until the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

Keywords

• the roman empire
• the western roman empire
• the province of dalmatia
• colonisation
• urbanisation
• romanisation
• villa rusticae