In parts of the city inhabited by ancient Romans, visitors could watch wheat milling, forging, stone-carving, woodworking and pottery, Roman soldiers' equipment and weapons as well as recreations of gladiator fights and slave selling. They could also taste food and drinks made by using ancient Roman recipes.
Children could participate in workshops, making musical instruments or complex Roman hairstyles.
The event was organised by Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and is part of Claustra+, a project for the conservation, restoration and tourism evaluation of the remains of the Roman defence system Claustra Alpium Iuliarum.
This system of defense walls, watchtowers and fortresses stretched from Principia, the Roman military command in Tarsatica, present-day Rijeka, to Posocje, Slovenia and Cividale del Friuli, Italy. It was built in the 4th century to defend the heartland of the Roman Empire from barbaric invasions.
The Claustra+ project is worth EUR 1.8 million. The county, as one of the partners, is participating with EUR 260,000, of which 220,000 is a grant.