Religious image of Salonitan area in times of Diocletian and Constantine

U ovom radu autor na temelju pisanih i epigrafskih izvora te ostalih, prvenstveno arheoloških svjedočanstava obuhvaćenih u literaturi obrađuje temu religije u Saloni i njezinoj užoj okolici za vladavine careva Dioklecijana i Konstantina. Na početku se bavi općim okolnostima, odnosno značenjem religije u Rimskom Carstvu te vjerskom politikom obaju spomenutih careva. U taj kontekst uklapa prostor antičke Salone. Pri tome utvrđuje prisutnost raznih kultova i religija na tom prostoru, predstavivši ih kroz nekoliko kategorija: rimska religija, orijentalni kultovi, potencijalni prežici autohtonih kultova, židovstvo i kršćanstvo. Nakon predstavljanja religijskog sastava stanovništva Salone bavi se pitanjem međusobnih odnosa religijskih skupina, pri čemu do izražaja posebno dolazi temeljni kontrast kršćanstvo-poganstvo. U zadnjem dijelu ukratko utvrđuje čimbenike koji su Salonu odredili poprištem religijskih promjena krajem 3. i u prvim desetljećima 4. stoljeća.In this paper, the author, based on written and epigraphic sources and other, primarily archeological testimonies covered in the literature, deals with the theme of religion in Salona and surrounding area during reign of emperors Diocletian and Constantine. At the beginning the paper deals with the general religious circumstances, that is, the meaning of religion in the Roman Empire and religious politics of the two above-mentioned emperors. In this context it places the area of ancient Salona. It establishes the presence of various cults and religions in this area, presenting them through several categories: Roman religion, oriental cults, potential residues of autochthonous cults, Judaism and Christianity. After presenting the religious structure of population od Salona it deals with the issue of mutual relationships between religious groups, with particular emphasis on the main contrast between Christianity and paganism. In the last part, it briefly sets out the factors that determined Salona as the scene for religious changes at the end of the 3rd and the first decades of the 4th century