Razmišljanja o zapadnom dijelu povijesne jezgre Zadra u antičko doba: … et tepidum in molles zephyros excurrit Lader…

The historical city centre of Zadar is situated on a natural peninsula, connected with the land at its southeastern end. The antique city was divided into regular city blocks (insulae), according to the Roman city planning principles. No complete remains of the houses of ancient Lader have been found, but only the remains of individual rooms (some of them with mosaics) belonging to residential buildings. According to the appearance of the remains, their dimensions, and the space occupied by an insula, the conclusion can be drawn that an insula could have had four houses of the domus type, with north entrances, and peristyles in the southeast. Finds from previous centuries and the latest protective archaeological investigations have led the author to believe that the most luxurious residential buildings of the Iaderian notables and prosperous families (domus or villae urbanae) were situated in the western part of the peninsula.