Acording to tradition, San Marino was founded in AD 301 when a Christian stonemason named Marinus the Dalmatian fled to the island of Arbe to escape the anti-Christian Roman Emperor Diocletian.

• 据说，圣马力诺始建于公元301年。一个巴尔干达尔马提亚族的基督教石匠名叫马利诺斯，为躲避当时反基督教的罗马皇帝的迫害，逃到此地，藏在太阳神山上。