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This paper overviews selections of literary sources pertinent to the ancient history of Croatian part of the Roman province of Pannonia. Emphasis has primarily been put on modern editions of Greek and Latin texts, selected and organized into thematic collections according to specific topics such as place, people, social group, etc. Since the literary data for Roman Pannonia were seldom treated in separate studies, one should mention numerous selections that discussed the area only sporadically. M. Petar Katančić (18th/19th c.) was the first Croatian scholar to undertake an analyis of literary sources for the area between the Sava and Drava rivers. His work was followed by other prominent authors, but the real thematic series and special collections have been continuously published only from the mid-20th century. Apart from many sparce studies in the Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, the literary accounts for southern Pannonia can be found in special editions published by Romanian Academy (1960 and 1964), Bosnia and Herzegovina's Academy (1969), Slovenian Academy (1986 and 2004) and German Academy of Science (1988-1992). Notwithstanding the fact that literary data were predominantely published as appendices in archaeological and historical discussions, some of them were also treated in special linguistics and geography manuals. However, the first special selection of literary sources for Pannonian history is of relatively recent date. Brought by Hungarian scholars Fehér and Kovács, the thorough series Fontes Pannoniae antiquae – The Sources of Pannonian Antiquity gathered almost all literary and epigraphic evidence for Pannonia, from the Greek epics up to the period of late antiquity. Although this recent and still ongoing endeavour aptly presented sources relevant to Croatian territory, there is a considerable need for other up-to-date contributions and comprehensive studies. It is therefore strongly recommended that they should be equipped with translation, commentary and technical references in the standard philological manner.
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A few months after his escape from the French capital, Prince Eugene of Savoy entered into the military service of Habsburg Emperor Leopold and took part in the tumultuous events of the Ottoman siege of Vienna in the summer months of 1683. Having distinguished himself in the front lines at the battle of Kahlenberg for the relief of the imperial city, under the command of his cousin and mentor, Margrave Ludwig of Baden, the young exile was noticed by the emperor who commissioned him the rank of colonel (oberst) and command over the dragoon regiment in December of the same year. The first siege of Buda in spring 1684 went disastrously ill for the Imperials and the Prince himself was wounded in the fighting. The second attempt, carried out by the joined forces of Charles of Lorraine and Maximillian Emanuel of Bavaria, was far more successful. After that, Margrave and Prince Eugene made a brief foray with their forces into Baranya, a preparation for the fruitful campaign that followed. On the field between two Hungarian cities, Mohács and Siklós, in the vicinity of the Harsány hill, on 12 August 1687 the Ottomans were decisively defeated and their army scattered. Prince Eugene himself stormed the Ottoman entrenchments and pursued the fleeing enemy through the Baranya marshes. This earned him the privilege to personally bring the report of this great victory to Leopold, who promoted him to the rank of Feldmarschall-Leutnant (comparable with the present rank of general major). The task of capturing Belgrade had been taken up by Maximillian of Bavaria, who laid siege of this city at the end of August 1688 with the force of 50 000 men. Heavily involved in the fighting, Prince Eugene received a grave wound to the knee, which forced him to leave the siege.
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Duke Livio Odescalchi was the nephew of Pope Innocent XI and was known as a patron, collector and art lover who owned one of the most valuable art collections in Rome in the late 16th and the early 17th century. One of the models for his collection was the celebrated collection of Christina, Queen of Sweden; after her death certain parts of the collection came into the possession of Livio. The place where his collection was kept, today in the possession of his heirs, was the palace in the Apostles’ Square in Rome. Over the centuries parts of the collection ended up in eminent world museums and some works were brought to Ilok Castle, the seat of the Syrmian estate of the Odescalchi family. After World War II a great number of art objects disappeared from the castle, only a small part of the art treasures is still in existence. Noticeable are ceiling tondo Creation of Angels of Lazzaro Baldi and the bust of Livio, the work of the sculptor Pierre-Étienne Monnot. Thanks to the efforts of Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer, two big canvases of the painter Carlo Maratta from Livio’s collection ended up in Zagreb. The works of Livio Odescalchi’s prestigious collection enhanced the Croatian cultural heritage due to the direct transfer of some of the major achievements of the Roman Baroque art.
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The presence and actions of soldiers from Hungary (territory of the Kingdom of Hungary) in the Venetian ground troops in the 18th century are the focal point of this paper. Concerned are the transmarine infantry (Fanti oltramarini) and cavalry units (Cavalleria Croati, Croati a cavallo) that recruited personnel primarily from Venetian trans-Adriatic properties in Istria, Dalmatia and Boka kotorska, although a perceptible number of soldiers from other countries were also recorded. This paper is based on review of archival material of the Archivio di Stato di Venezia, more precisely of the state magistracy Inquisitori sopra l’amministrazione dei pubblici ruoli, which was charged with the recruitment and induction of these units all along the Venetian strategic possessions. Drawing on available archival material (lists of soldiers distributed within particular regiments and the companies belonging to them), this paper pursues the way in which Hungarian soldiers were registered in the sources, the intensity of mentions of them during the 18th century, their classification according to their infantry or cavalry units affiliation; further it pursues individual characteristics (age, stature, hair colour) and lists the military commanders and the places where deployed units were listed. The conclusion drawn after the analyses of the documents is that soldiers from the Kingdom of Hungary made up a considerable part of the Venetian ground troops. At the end of this paper a complete list of all Hungarian soldiers found and analysed in Venetian professional units to date is given.
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Strabo is the only ancient author who twice mentioned an elsewhere unknown Noarus River near Segestica (close to Siscia, present-day Sisak in Croatia). The Noarus is mentioned in context of the trade route Aquileia–Tergeste–Nauportus–Segestica, therefore rivers that have no connection with the Segestica/Siscia region cannot be considered for possible identification. According to Strabo’s description, the Noarus can best be identified with the lower course of the Savus River, since the Colapis indeed empties into it at Segestica/Siscia, and it indeed flows into the Danuvius/Ister in the region of the Scordisci, at Singidunum (= Belgrade). The identification is also well corroborated by the second passage in which the Noarus is mentioned. Noarus may be an older name for the Savus, or another name (taken from some other language) for this important river, or an older name for its lower course, which was applied to it when the entire course of the river had not been entirely clear.
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Book review:Claus Heinrich Gattermann: Die Baranya in den Jahren 1686 bis 1713. Kontinuitätund Wandel in einem ungarischen Komitat nach dem Abzug der Türken (Göttingen: Universitätsverlag, 2005).
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AboutDepartment’s Research Project “From Virgin Forests to Ploughlands: History of the Anthropisation of Forests in Slavonia from the Middle Ages to the Beginning of the 20th Century”.
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Second Prizes of the Department for Young Historians
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Péter Kovács: Die antiken Quellen zu Pannonien in der Spätantike, Teil I: 284-337 N. Chr., Wien, 2014. (Josip PARAT); Tomislav Bali: Slavonski meandar – Prostor i pojam Slavonije u XIII. stoljeću, Zagreb, 2014. (Danijel JELAŠ); Đura Hardi: Drugeti. Povest o usponu i padu porodice pratilaca anžujskih kraljeva, Novi Sad, 2012. (Marija KARBIĆ); Zorislav Horvat: Burgologija. Srednjovjekovni utvrđeni gradovi kontinentalne Hrvatske, Zagreb, 2014. (Zdenko SAMARŽIJA); Rosana Ratkovčić: Srednjovjekovno zidno slikarstvo u kontinentalnoj Hrvatskoj, Zagreb, 2014. (Vjekoslav JUKIĆ); Ivana Haničar Buljan, Nenad Moačanin, Milan Pelc, Mladen Pešić, Ratko Vučetić: Veliki osječki most: povijesni dossier i suvremena interpretacija / The greatOsijek bridge: historical dossier and contemporary interpretation, Zagreb – Osijek, 2014. (Anđelko VLAŠIĆ); Branko Bešlin: Evgenije Savojski i njegovo doba, Novi Sad, 2014. (Siniša ĐURIČIĆ); Stjepan Sršan i Ladislav Dobrica (prir.): Zapisnici sjednica Srijemske županije / Prothocolla Congregationum Comitatus Syrmiensis, knj. 1: 1745.-1759., Vukovar – Zagreb, 2014. (Milan VRBANUS); Zbornik o Emeriku Paviću – Zbornik radova sa znanstvenog skupa „Emerik Pavić i franjevci u kontinentalnoj Hrvatskoj“, Osijek, 23.–25. svibnja 2013., ur. Pavao Knezović i Marko Jerković, Zagreb, 2014. (Lucija FRAJLIĆ); Pet redaka. Rimski dnevnik svećenika Ivana Tomasa 1943.-1944., prir. Domagoj Tomas, Rim – Osijek – Mostar, 2014. (Miroslav AKMADŽA); Marin Srakić: Cruce et Labore - Križem i radom: Biskup Stjepan Bäuerlein i Đakovačka i Srijemska biskupija (1951.-1973.), Đakovo, 2014. (Miroslav AKMADŽA); Marijan Karaula: Iskušenja Bosne Srebrene: stradanja bosanskihfranjevaca 1944.-1985., Zagreb – Sarajevo, 2014. (Miroslav AKMADŽA); Stipan Trogrlić: Represija jugoslavenskog komunističkog režima prema Katoličkoj crkvi u Istri 1945.-1971., Pazin – Pula, 2014. (Miroslav AKMADŽA); Duvanjski žrtvoslov, prir. Robert Jolić, Jure Krišto, Ante Tadić, Tomislavgrad, 2013. (Šimun PENAVA); Drago Vištica: (Pre)živjeti, spoznati i prihvatiti, Cerna, 2013. (Šimun PENAVA); Hrvati u Kotor Varošu: povodom 20. obljetnice srpske agresije na Kotor Varoš, prir. Ivo Pranjković, Kotor Varoš – Sarajevo – Jajce, 2013. (Šimun PENAVA)
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