
History Stari Grad (Pharia) is the oldest settlement on the island, and was founded by Greeks from the island Paros in the Aegean around 385 BC. In 219 BC, the Roman consuls Paulus and Marcus Livius defeated the locals, who were henceforth subservient to Rome. In the 7th century, after the fall of Solin (Salona), the capital of the province of Dalmatia, it seems that its people sought refuge in...