Sidrona
Sidrona

Summary/Abstract: Original scholarly paper, using historical, linguistic and ethnological methods to identify the site of antique Sidrona. On the basis of historical facts, the calque *sidra > bio, the ethnic which gave rise to the Bosniac surname Sidran, and the overall historical continuity corroborated both historically and lingl guistically in the Nevesinje region, antique Sidrona would have been located in Biograd near Nevesinje. This explains the origins of the later settlement and the name Nevesinje, “Novo sinje” (New Sidrona). The paper draws attention to the antique urban tradition in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which places the country and its people among the earliest roots of European civilization and culture. The paper suggests that the question of continuity is the central issue of the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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