Roman cities in Italy and Dalmatia . er. Some years ago reports of casual discoverieson the site led the Central Archaeological Com-mission at Vienna to decide on excavations. Theleading archaeologist and the architect in charge(Wilberg) were sent from Vienna; a youngnative archaeologist from Zara was attached tothe party as assistant, partly because of his localknowledge, partly because the objects foundwould naturally go to the museum of Zara, thenearest Dalmatian city. Another Dalmatianarchaeologist, now attached to the museum ofTrieste, also took part. The photographs anddrawings are hoard
Roman cities in Italy and Dalmatia . er. Some years ago reports of casual discoverieson the site led the Central Archaeological Com-mission at Vienna to decide on excavations. Theleading archaeologist and the architect in charge(Wilberg) were sent from Vienna; a youngnative archaeologist from Zara was attached tothe party as assistant, partly because of his localknowledge, partly because the objects foundwould naturally go to the museum of Zara, thenearest Dalmatian city. Another Dalmatianarchaeologist, now attached to the museum ofTrieste, also took part. The photographs anddrawings are hoarded in Vienna. The resultsappear to have been disappointing. I was toldthat the work was somewhat bungled. No offi-cial report—no report of any sort—had beenpubhshed until last year, when a brief synopsisappeared in the official Austrian quarterly, sometime after I had called attention in the Xew YorkNation to this long silence of over ten years. We know that at some period under the Em-pire Asseria passed from the condition of a. Pola, Temple of Augustus, from old print (Cassas)
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