As the world is witnessing the gradual loosening of the measures concerning COVID-19, the pandemic of our time, let us reflect on the time when another global pandemic was in full swing. The pandemic in question, commonly known as `Spanish flu’, took place roughly a century ago. As a result of globalization and wealth of […]

As decreed by the law of the time, typical Roman necropoli were located outside the city walls. If there was space, city necropoli were divided into burial plots, but almost as a rule they were located along the main road leading to the settlement. As rare archaeological research shows, the necropoli in the Roman colony […]

Epidaurus, or Epidauros in Greek, is an ancient Greek city in Argolida located on the northeast coast of the Peloponnese. Today, the city is best known for its well-preserved theatre, which could accommodate 14,000 spectators, and for the sanctuary of the god Asclepius (Aesculapius). The association with Asclepius, the name of the city, as well […]

The architectural complex of the parish church of St Nicholas is located in the very eastern part of the town, not far from the town walls. It includes a parish church, a bell tower, a garden, a parish house, while it is enclosed by the Pinacotheca building on the north side. The pinacotheca, previously known […]

In the invaluable De administrando Imperio (`On the Governance of the Empire’) by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, a Byzantine emperor from 913 to 959, the following was written: The city of Rausij is not called `Rausi‘ in the language of the Romans, but because it stands on cliffs, and the cliff is called `lau‘ in Roman […]