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Rab
Rab is a town in Croatia, on an island also named Rab.
History
The island has been inhabited by Liburnians. The Greeks called it Arba. Octavian Augustus built fortifications and named the city Municipium.
Rab developed as a city state under the protection of the Byzantine Empire. It submitted to Venetian suzerainity in 1000, then was conquered by Hungary in 1358. Venice reclaimed the city in 1409.
Following a brief Napoleonic conquest, Rab was ceded to the Austrian Empire.