SALT ROAD
In order to establish their government in the newly conquered provinces, the Romans, apart from other structures, built strong fortifications and lots of quality roads. The famous Dolabela, the emperor Tiberius’s governor for the Balkans hired two legions and in only six years (14-20 A.D.) built five paved roads of 550 miles in total. The longest and the most important was the so called ‘Salt Road’. It was about 165 miles long and led from present-day Split (Lat. Salona) via Glamoc, Mlinista, Podrasinsko polje, Sljivno, Banja Luka (Lat. Castra), Trn (Lat. Ad Ladios), Mhovljani (Lat. Ad Fines), to Gradiska (Lat. Servitum) on the river Sava. The traffic artery, thus, connected Dalmatia (with Banja Luka being a part of it) and the nearby Panonia in the north. This roaad was often used for the transport of salt, which it was named after.
