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Standing today in the Adriatic coast of modern Croatia, the Diocletian palace was built in the turn of the 4th century CE (300-305 AD) by Emperor Diocletian. The Emperor built the palace as his retirement home after giving up the throne to the Roman Empire voluntarily. The object previously occupied the Roman city of Illyrian. Today the palace’s ruins are located within the coastal city of Split in modern day Croatia. The palace takes the shape of a trapezoid sitting on more than 38,000 m2 wit...