Ancient history Trieste



remains of roman arch in trieste s old city


since second millennium bc, location inhabited site. illyrian settlement, veneti entered region in 10th-9th c. bc , seem have given town name, tergeste, since terg* venetic word meaning market (q.v. oderzo ancient name opitergium). still later, town later captured carni, tribe of eastern alps, before becoming part of roman republic in 177 bc during istrian war.


between 52 , 46 bc, granted status of roman colony under julius caesar, recorded name tergeste in commentarii de bello gallico (51 bc), work recounts events of gallic wars.


in imperial times border of roman italy moved timavo river formione (today risano). roman tergeste flourished due position on road aquileia, main roman city in area, istria, , port, ruins of still visible. emperor augustus built line of walls around city in 33–32 bc, while trajan built theatre in 2nd century. @ same time, citizens of town enrolled in tribe pupinia. in 27 bc, trieste incorporated in regio x of augustan italia.


in christian era trieste continued flourish. between ad 138 , 161, territory enlarged , nearby carni , catali granted roman citizenship roman senate , emperor antoninus pius @ pleading of leading tergestine citizen, quaestor urbanus, fabius severus.








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