About the same time (6th century) it was hit by an earthquake, which destroyed entire complexes of monumental Roman architecture, whose parts would later serve as material for building houses.
Zadar je u to vrijeme (6. stoljeće) zasigurno pogodio i težak potres u kojem su razoreni cijeli kompleksi monumentalne rimske arhitekture, čiji će ulomci kasnije poslužiti kao građevni materijal.