Narona

Narona /nəˈroʊnə/ (Ancient Greek: Ναρῶνα) was an Ancient Greek trading post on the Illyrian coast and later Roman city and bishopric, located in the Neretva valley in present-day Vid, Croatia, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

The settlement ceased to be in 7th century after the arrival of Slavic tribes in the region (see Narentines).

The only recorded bishop was It was nominally restored in 1933 as Latin Titular bishopric of Narona.

It has had the following incumbents, mostly of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank, with an archiepiscopal exception : In 1995 a Roman temple building was discovered, which had been dedicated by the governor Dolabella and contained statues of the emperors Claudius and Vespasian, as well as two of Augustus and his wife Livia.

The heads of Vespasian and one of the Livias had been acquired in the surrounding area by Arthur Evans in 1878.