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Cattaro appears as a Roman city under the name of Ascrivium or Acrivium, and it and Risano are the only two towns known at the fall of the Illyrian kingdom. The Romans made a road from Aquileia to Durazzo. It passed by Epidaurus and along the Sutorina Valley to Castelnuovo, where it turned along the coast to Risano, Perasto, Orohovac, Dobrota, and Ascrivium. Thence it went to Castel Trinit
F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson - The Shores of the Adriatic: The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia

In the city of Cattaro, the ancient Ascrivium or Acrivium, some small remains of the Roman period are to be seen encrusted in the walls of the clock-tower, an altar and a memorial to a girl and her teacher.
F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson - The Shores of the Adriatic: The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia
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