In the late ancient times, Salona's
importance was great both politically and religiously. Salona was an early
Roman settlement, which became overshadowed when Emperor Diocletian constructed
the nearby Diocletian's Palace in about the year 300 AD. Surviving local
residents of Salona, after the Avars retreated from those regions, to a
settlement "Spalatum", today's (Split), at the location of Diocletian's
Palace (probably around the middle 7th century AD). Christianity in Salona
probably originated during the time of the apostles. The Apostle Paul mentions
that his pupil Apostle Titus traveled to
