Roman ruins in Polače, Mljet, Croatia

Polače is the most ancient village on Mljet named after interesting Roman ruins dating from the 2^nd century.

According to the legend, written in the 16^th century, Mljet was a shelter to the Greek leader Agesilaus and his son Oppianos who lived in the 2^nd century and wrote the Halieutica – 5 volumes about fishing. This poem supposedly pleased Caracalla (Roman emperor, the eldest son of Septimius Severus who banished Agesilaus) and permitted Oppianos and Agesilaus to return from exile. A legend refers to a palace built in Polače but there is no proof for it…