Military engineer Antun Marković (d. 1767) and his infantry regiment

Središnja tema rada usmjerena je na rekonstrukciju vojne karijere Antuna Markovića, vojnog inženjera i pukovnika mletačke vojske. Rad se zasniva na uporabi raznovrsnog gradiva iz Archivio di Stato di Venezia i Državnog arhiva u Zadru, kao i na osnovi uvida u postojeća saznanja historiografije. U prvom dijelu rada rekonstruira se vojna karijera Antuna Markovića s posebnim naglaskom na njegovu službu vojnog inženjera, a potom se – tragom neobjavljenih izvora, prate i analiziraju postrojbe Oltramarina kojima je Marković kao kapetan i pukovnik zapovijedao. U prilogu rada donosi se nekoliko popisa pripadnika njegovih satnija u vrijeme djelovanja kao kapetana i pukovnika.
The research is focused on the life and active operation of Antun Marković, military engineer and senior infantry officer (even colonel in the latest phase) in Venetian Army. Though he is not an unknown name in historiography, this paper combines the already known facts with an extended analysis of new and yet unused archive material. The authors have primarily used documents from the State Archives in Zadar (mainly the holdings Governers-general for Dalmatia and Albania) and the Archivio di Stato di Venezia (the holdings Inquisitori sopra l'amministrazione dei pubblici ruoli). In the first part of the paper, the authors analyze in detail the state and the development of military engineering in the wider, European context; they further indicate to the position of military engineers in the territory of Venetian Dalmatia in the 18th century, after Venetian-Ottoman wars. A major part of the paper, resting mainly on the archive material from Zadar, follows the activities of other members of the Marković family in the early modern period, as well as the beginnings of the military career of Antun Marković, who probably originated from Budva. Attention is furthermore paid to the system of military entrepreneurship, which was in that era spread across Europe, including Venetian lands, and in which members of the Marković family had undoubtedly participated. The second part of the paper, based on the documents from central Venetian archives, concentrates on Antun Marković’s military career – from his post as captain (from the 1720s onwards) until he achieved the rank of colonel in the late 1740s or at the beginning of the 1750s. The composition of companies (within the regiment) under the command of nobleman Stjepan Buća from Kotor is analyzed, followed by the military manpower of the regiment, and Marković’s own company as colonel. The paper concludes with several lists of names of members of his companies during his posts as captain and colonel.