杜布罗夫尼克古城位于达尔马提亚海岸(Dalmatian Coast)南部石灰岩半岛上,有“亚得里亚海明珠”之称,其历史可以追溯到古罗马时期。与这座古城相邻的察夫塔特市当时就是隶属于古罗马帝国的殖民地埃皮达鲁斯(Epidaurus)。考古研究表明,这里曾是古罗马人的聚居地,在古罗马帝国后期,特别是公元3世纪后开始崛起,但斯拉夫人的入侵使其由盛转衰,后来归入东罗马帝国即拜占庭帝国治下。 Located on the limestone peninsula on the southern Dalmatian Coast, Dubrovnik’s ancient city is known as the “Pearl of the Adriatic” and dates back to ancient Rome. The city of Cavtat adjacent to the ancient city was then the colony of the Epidaurus belonging to the Roman Empire. Archeological studies have shown that here was a Roman settlement, in the late Roman Empire, especially after the third century AD began to rise, but the invasion of Slavs make it from decline to prosperity, and later belong to the Eastern Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire Governance.