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From Trogir to Dubrovnik
History Dr Lauren Mackay History Dr Lauren Mackay

From Trogir to Dubrovnik

Follow the coast from Trogir to Dubrovnik, and each town hands you a different chapter of the Adriatic's history In 229 BCE, Rome sent envoys across the Adriatic to complain about piracy. Queen Teuta of the Illyrians, who ran her kingdom on it openly, had one of them killed. Rome declared war, crossed the sea, and never really left.

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