History
Roma were first time mentioned in Republic of Ragusa in 1362 in some commercial records. Ten years later, Roma are mentioned in Zagreb, where they were merchants, tailors and butchers.
Various Roma groups have lived in Croatia since the 14th century.
In the Middle Ages Roma were part of cities population and they lived together with rest of population. According to litteras promotorias, nomad Roma groups also get privilege to resolve independently all intragroup conflicts.
Maria Theresa and Joseph II with their regulations from 1761, 1767 and 1783 forbade Roma nomadic lifestyle, forced them to accept a local clothing code and language, make state regulations on personal and family names and they limited their choice of profession.
Large groups of Roma arrived in Croatia in the 19th century from Romania after abolition of Roma slavery in 1855.
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