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1) It's easy to forget that the ancient world was made up of real people with familiar hopes and fears; where life for many was a daily struggle against poverty, crime and disease. Let's remember one of them: Julia Restuta was a young girl that lived almost two millennia ago... 
2) Julia lived in the ancient city of Salona, capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia (modern-day Croatia) - overlooking the Adriatic coastline. The city was a prosperous and bustling metropolis with a forum, theatre, amphitheatre, aqueducts and many public baths...
3) As a well-placed crossroads of trade and ideas, during Julia's lifetime the city was also becoming a centre of worship for an obscure eastern cult calling themselves Christians. A bishop named Domnius and his followers would be executed in Salona's amphitheatre in 304 AD..
