THE ARCHAEOLOGIST ANTE GLAVIČIĆ – MY DEAR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE A small remembrance of togetherness in one complex time

Ovaj je tekst osobno sjećanje na dragog čovjeka i kolegu, čije sam dragocjeno prijateljstvo imao čitavoga našega ljudskoga i profesionalnog djelovanja, od studentskih do njegova preranog odlaska. Živjeli smo u burnim vremenima i morali smo mnogošta izdržati. Nama, povjesničarima, jasno je da su sva vremena burna, ali naše je razdoblje ipak bilo posebno s tolikim ratovima, revolucijama i diktaturama svih vrsta, smo svjedočili i puno toga osobno trpjeli i podnosili. Nešto od toga sam želio podvući kao prijatelj, koji je s Antom proveo tolike zajedničke godine. Zahvalan sam mu sve što mi je dao kao sjajan čovjek i prijatelj na našem zajedničkom putu, koji je on prerano, ali ipak na svoj način uspješno završio. Tome je dokaz i ovaj svezak Senjskog zbornika koji je on pokrenuo, kao i toliki dragi pojedinci koji su mu posvetili svoje tekstove. I ovi moji skromni redci su samo djelić tolikih uspomena na samozatajnog i velikog čovjeka, koji je toliko zadužio svoju voljenu Domovinu, njezinu znanost i kulturu. Hvala mu za sve!This text is a personal memory of one dear man and colleague, whose precious friendship I enjoyed the whole of our personal and professional activity, from student days to his premature departure. We lived in turbulent times and we had to endure many things. For us, historians, it was clear that all times were turbulent, but our period was particular with so many wars, revolutions and dictators of all kinds, which we witnessed and which we personally suffered and endured. Some of this I wanted to stress as a friend, with Ante, with whom I spent so many years. I am grateful to him for everything that he gave as a great man and friend on our mutual journey, which he prematurely, but nevertheless in his own way successfully completed. This volume of the Senj Almanac is also proof of this, a journal which he started, as well as the many individuals who have dedicated their texts to him. And my humble lines are only a fraction of so many memories of the self-denying and great man, to whom his beloved Homeland is so indebted, its science and culture. I thank him for everything