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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Nesactium Hillfort Alternative Name: VisaceCountry: Croatia Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Pula Nearest Village: Valtura
Latitude: 44.916810N Longitude: 13.969390E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Hillfort in Croatia
Meters altitude. Bronze and Iron age hillfort with Neolithic finds. Former capital of Istri tribe of Illyrians in the Iron age. The Histri fell foul of the Roman empire on account of Piracy because of Roman encroachment in Veneto. When the Romans established colonies in the Veneto region, particularly Aquilea, the Histri attempted a preemptive strike which did annihilate a legion, but the empire struck back in full force and eradicated Nesactium in 177 BCE. Part of the population committed mass suicide, the rest were sold into slavery. Besides the megalithic town walls, very interesting remains of cult statues and altars were found, which now reside in the Pula Museum. There are 10 other secondary Hillforts nearby. The area was resettled by the Romans as a municipium, but was again abandoned in the 6th century following the Slav invasions.
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