The article analyses all documented coin finds from the fortifications in the Claustra Alpium Iuliarum defence system. The author interprets fluctuations in the intensity of monetary ...circulation that would reflect life or activity at individual forts. Coin finds are also presented from archaeological contexts that can definitely be connected to building activities on walled defensive structures. Data are presented about the latest coins from individual for-tifications, which indicate an interruption in the regular influx of money into circulation and thus also a break in the intensity of life at the fortifications. In this manner, it is established that the first construction activities in building the fort of Castra can be placed as early as the 280s, while otherwise rare coin finds in the towers of the defence system indicate building activities no earlier than the mid 4th century. Coin finds show an interruption in monetary circulation at the Lanišče and Martinj hrib forts at the end of the 380s, at Tarsatica at the end of the 4thcentury, while coins also from the beginning of the 5thcentury were found at the forts of Castra and Ad Pirum.
In recent years, there has been a lively discussion that focuses, either partially or more integrally, on the claustra Alpium Iuliarum barrier system, its inclusion in the poorly understood tractus ...Italiae circa Alpes and the Late Roman defence of northern Italy in general. This contribution adds to the discussion and first tackles the different dating of the forts and fortlets of the claustra system and the late dating of the barrier walls by some authors. The contribution briefly deals with the identification of the forts of the tractus, which is understood as part of a broadly-based defence of Italy rather than a single sector of defence in the Julian Alps. It also tackles the chronology and character of the fortified hilltop sites that have, in a certain period and in certain places, a completely military character and point to a defence-in-depth of Italy
The author analyses the description and depiction of the function of the comes Italiae in the manual Notitia Dignitatum from the beginning of the 5th century, and establishes that the term tractus ...Italiae circa Alpes cannot be understood to mean the entire Alpine belt from the Ligurian Sea to the Bay of Kvarner. The argument is also presented that the expression refers only to the line of barrier walls with towers in the Julian Alps from the 4th century, for which the term from Ammianus Marcellinus is also used, i.e. claustra Alpium Iuliarum. The expression need not refer to the system of defence-in-depth that was placed after the cease in activity of the linear barriers at the beginning of the 5th century. The three legions of the Iuliae Alpinae mentioned by the Notitia Dignitatum, which must be related to the Julian Alps because of this name, cannot be connected to the function of comes Italiae
Claustra Alpium Iuliarumjedan je od najvećih arhitektonskih kasnoantičkih vojnih pothvata na području današnjih Hrvatske i Slovenije, koji je zbog njegove raspro-stranjenosti kroz šumom obrasla ...područja dviju država teško zaštititi, očuvati i rabiti u turističke svrhe. Članak na primjeru provedenih projekata Claustra i Clau-stra+ pokazuje kako možemo iskoristiti financiranje iz fondova Europske unije za interdisciplinaran pristup istraživanju, zaštiti i promociji kulturne baštine te razvijati kvalitetan i vjerodostojan kulturni proizvod koji ne narušava baštinu.
Claustra Alpium Iuliarum è una delle maggiori imprese architettoniche militari tardo-antiche che si estende sul territorio delle odierne Croazia e Slovenia e che a causa della sua collocazione su terreni boscosi dei due paesi è molto ardua da tutelare, salvaguardare e sfruttare a scopi turistici. Basandosi sull’esempio dei pro-getti realizzati Claustra e Claustra+, l’articolo illustra le possibilità di fruizione dei finanziamenti provenienti dai fondi UE applicabili attraverso un approccio interdis-ciplinare alla ricerca, alla tutela e alla promozione dei beni culturali e lo sviluppo di un prodotto qualitativo e affidabile che non comprometta il patrimonio culturale.
Claustra Alpium Iuliarumis one of the largest architectural military undertakings in the Late Roman Period in today’s territories of Croatia and Slovenia. Due to its dis-tribution through the dense forest and over the areas of two countries, it is difficult to protect, preserve and use this heritage for tourist purposes. The article upon the example of the implemented projects of Claustra and Claustra+ shows how EU fun-ding can be used for an interdisciplinary approach to research, protect and promote this kind of cultural heritage, and to develop a quality and credible cultural product that does not disturb the heritage.
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