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== Perspectives on Dalmatia ==
== Perspectives on Dalmatia ==
Dalmatia was named by the Romans after the Dalmatae (or Delmatae) Illyrian tribes <ref>Medieval Greek"Dalmatae": Δαλμᾶται.</ref> who inhabited the region.
After [[World War Two]] the Slavicisation of the of Dalmatia was a government policy under the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. All cities, towns, villages, family and peoples surnames that are not of Slavic origin were being translated.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=kr8HTJqhAYOBOMOI5Ag&ct=result&id=fIFpAAAAMAAJ&dq=croatization+against+italian&q=croatization+against+italian#search_anchor Balkan Babel:] The Disintegration of Yugoslavia from the Death of Tito to the Fall of Milosevic ''by'' Sabrina P. Ramet. '''Note''': Croatisation is a form of Slavicisation.</ref>
The policy was firstly implemented on a large scale with the creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1918.<ref> ''Croatisation or Slavicisation'' was a policy firstly implemented under the rule of the [[Austria|Austro]]-Hungarian Empire</ref>
Dalmatia was named by the Romans after the Dalmatae (or Delmatae) Illyrian tribes <ref>Medieval Greek"Dalmatae": Δαλμᾶται.</ref> who inhabited the region.
=====Sir John Gardner Wilkinson=====
=====Sir John Gardner Wilkinson=====
[[File:400px-Split riva.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The "Riva" of Split, that was created and named by Antonio Bajamonti. ''(photo by Mate Balota)'']]
[[File:400px-Split riva.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The "Riva" of Split, that was created and named by Antonio Bajamonti. ''(photo by Mate Balota)'']]
