After the Middle Ages the palace was virtually unknown in the rest of Europe until the Scottish neo-classical architect Robert Adam had the ruins surveyed and, with the aid of French artist and antiquary Charles-Louis Clérisseau and several draughtsmen, published Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia (London, 1764).
Logo da Idade Media o palacio era prácticamente descoñecido no resto de Europa ata que o arquitecto neoclasico escocés Robert Adam fixo unha revisión das ruínas e, coa axuda do anticuario e artista francés Charles-Louis Clérisseau e varios debuxantes, publicados "Ruínas do Palacio do Emperador Diocleciano en Spalatro en Dalmacia" (Londres, 1764).