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(Originally written in [[Italy|Italian]]. Printing Company of G. Woditzka - Zadar 1858.)

(Originally written in [[Italy|Italian]]. Printing Company of G. Woditzka - Zadar 1858.)

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[[File:N Ostojic.jpg|thumb|left|265px|Nikola Ostojic (1803-1869) author of Historical Compendium of the Island of Korcula (''"Compendio Storico dell Isola di Curzola"'').]]

[[File:N Ostojic.jpg|thumb|left|255px|Nikola Ostojic (1803-1869) author of Historical Compendium of the Island of Korcula (''"Compendio Storico dell Isola di Curzola"'').]]

[[File:800px-Korcula City.jpg|thumb|right|350px| Town of Korcula]]

[[File:800px-Korcula City.jpg|thumb|right|340px| Town of Korcula]]

Korčula, from its origins to the present time, has been in existence for 3,038 years, and history classifies its political life in the following phases:  

Korčula, from its origins to the present time, has been in existence for 3,038 years, and history classifies its political life in the following phases:  

*Free with her own independence until the occupation by  Agron, and then for very short intervals by Teuta, by the Romans until Octaviano Augustus; and then at the time of the Veneti <ref>  People from the Veneto Region/'''Ostojic's''' original historical source from '''1858'''.</ref>  from 1180 to 1252, from 1254 to 1258, and from 1418 to 1420, on the whole.

*Free with her own independence until the occupation by  Agron, and then for very short intervals by Teuta, by the Romans until Octaviano Augustus; and then at the time of the Veneti <ref>  People from the Veneto Region/'''Ostojic's''' original historical source from '''1858'''.</ref>  from 1180 to 1252, from 1254 to 1258, and from 1418 to 1420, on the whole.

*Subject to the Roman Emperors first from the west, then from the east, by Augustus at Heraclius until 642.

*Subject to the Roman Emperors first from the west, then from the east, by Augustus to Heraclius until 642.

*Defeated and confederated by the Narantani (Neretljani Slavs)<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wEF5oN5erE0C&pg=PA62&dq=Neretljani&hl=en&ei=9ENbTYHbJYb0cY284fEK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Neretljani&f=false When Ethnicity did not Matter in the Balkans:] by John Van Antwerp Fine (p62)</ref> from 642 to 999.

*Defeated and confederated by the Narantani (Neretljani Slavs)<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wEF5oN5erE0C&pg=PA62&dq=Neretljani&hl=en&ei=9ENbTYHbJYb0cY284fEK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Neretljani&f=false When Ethnicity did not Matter in the Balkans:] by John Van Antwerp Fine (p62)</ref> from 642 to 999.

*Conquered by the Veneti under the management of the doge '''Pietro II Orseolo''' from 999 to 1100.

*Conquered by the Veneti under the management of the doge '''Pietro II Orseolo''' from 999 to 1100.