SALTUS TARIOTARUM

Na prostoru općine Marina pronađena su dva terminacijska natpisa koja se odnose na granicu pašnjaka delmatskih Tariota, plemena na sjeverozapadnoj strani Hilejskoga poluotoka, koje u literarnim izvorima navodi jedino Plinije Stariji: dein Tariotarum antiqua regio (HN III, 141). Iako se dolaskom Rimljana život na većini gradina duž obale gasi, Tarioti sve do ranocarskog doba ostaju na pojedinim gradinama zadržavajući svoj konzervativni pastirski način života. O kontinuitetu korištenja svjedoči morfologija gradina, na kojima je uz tehniku gradnje megalitima prisutan i rimski keramički materijal.Two boundary inscriptions were found in the territory of the Marina Municipality which refer to the boundaries of pastures used by the Delmati Tariotes, a tribe on the north-western side of the Hyllus Peninsula, which in literary sources is mentioned only by Pliny the Elder: dein Tariotarum antiqua regio (HN III, 141). Although life in most hillforts all along the coast began to subside after the Romans arrived, the Tariotes remained in individual hillforts until the early imperial period, retaining their conservative pastoral lifestyle. Th e hillfort’s morphology testifi es to the continuity of its use, for Roman ceramics accompany the construction technique using megaliths