Ugljan -
it was inhabited since early stone age and as proof of that we have some artifacts around 3000 years old, and two unexploited caves (Karinja jama and a cave on Farca) probably have even older artifacts. First traces of the name of island we find at roman PLINIUS that says that there is an island of Lissa opposite Zadra. First known people that lived in Ugljan were LIBURNS , one ILIRIC tribe. In 4 th century BC they built a village in the hill Celinjak and fortified it, that wall and some square houses stand even today. Second Liburnian village was built in the hill of Kuranj. It got its name by the wall that has the shape of the ring (lat.corona) that can be seen even today.
The Liburns were mainly involved in fishery, agriculture and cattle raising . Romans conquered Ugljan by the middle of ! th century BC. By one colonist named GELLIA the territory of GELLIANUM POSUM got its name. The land of Ugljan was added to the communal land by the authorities of the roman colony of Zadar, divided into peaces 714x 714 m, and given to its citizens. The inhabitants of Iliric tribe of Liburns were probably left in the margins of the town, occupied in cattle raising, fishery or working as hired laborers of the new roman colonists. The colonists were building VILLAE RUSTICAE, buildings for living and working, and there are still about ten ruins of them. The biggest is villa in GOSPODSKA GOMILA PREMA PUNTI Supetar and STIVONU in MULINE where you can find ruins of the roman olive mill, villa in BATALASKA VALA, villa in FORTOSTINA, villa in LADINA NJIVA and CINTA in CEPRLJANDA ecc.
In early Christian times by the end of 3 th century AD three nave basilica was built and it served as church by the end of 17 th century. In early medieval times the Croats started to inhabited Ugljan and remains of many stone ornaments and names testify to that We also have testimonies of about 44 priests and glagolic written heritage. The majority of the land is still possessed by the town of Zadar that gives it or gives it on lease to famous aristocratic families that in 16th .and 17 th .century build their castles.
Pasman - the island was inhabited in the prehistoric
period. The constant human presence continued in the ancient times and the earliest
mention of the island was in the early Middle Ages. Numerous material remains
of Roman architecture, preserved stone inscriptions and a considerable amount
of coins, confirm the fact that the island was inhabited during the Roman rule
in Dalmatia .
The name Pasman (POSTIMANA) was first mentioned in rolls from 990. Byzantine
emperor and travel writer Constantine Porfirogenet in his work «DE ADMINISTRANDO
IMPERIO» recorded the medieval name of the island, although in Greek “KATAN”,
which would be closer to the present name of the town of Tkon .
In prehistory, names Lissa and Kantun have been brought into relation with
the name of Pasman Island . It is believed that present-day islands of Pasman
and Ugljan have first been one island. Roman writer Plinius Senior mentioned
Pasman under the name Lissa as early as 79. In the Croatian Middle Ages its
history was related to the history of the towns of Biograd and Zadar. But when
after 1409 Dalmatia came under the rule of Venetia , Pasman Island also shared
the fate of the entire region. In the period of Turkish wars from the 15th-18th
century the population of Pasman Island had to be constantly in the state of
alert, keeping armed forces with small ships ready and it was often under the
attack of Turk plunderers.
Certain towns on the island, according to the data available so far, appear
in the following order: Tkon in 950, Pasman in 990, Nevidjane in 1067, Banj
in 1625, Dobropoljana in 1284, Barotul in 1309, Mrljane in 1343, Zdrelac in
1446, Punta Pasman in 1472.
In history as well as today, the population of the island of Pasman made
their living with agriculture, oil-production, fishing. The following had its
landed property on the island: Zadar archbishopric, Zadar Benedictines of Sv.
Krsevan, certain citizens of Zadar and Biograd and later on Tkon Benedictines.
Since 1392, there has been a Franciscan convent on Pasman Island in Kraj whose
documents throw light on the history of this island.
After the fall of the Venetian Republic , Pasman, as well as the entire Dalmatia
, falls under the French rule and then under the Austrian rule till the fall
of the Monarchy and since 1918 it has constantly been a part of Croatia . Concerning
the names of the Pasman villages, we have been able to trace them in written
documents since the 10th century till the present day.
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