Epidamnos
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Dyrrhachion (Latin: Dyrrhachium; Ancient Greek: Δυρράχιον), originally founded as Epidamnos (Ancient Greek: Ἐπίδαμνος, Albanian: Epidamn), was a prominent city on the Adriatic coast, located in the territory of the Illyrian Taulantii and corresponding to modern Durrës, Albania. Founded around 627 BC by settlers from Corinth and Corcyra (modern Corfu), the city developed into a major political, commercial, and military hub. While established as a Greek colony, Epidamnos stood within Taulantii territory and long remained entangled with Illyrian power, before becoming a key Roman and later Byzant
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Dyrrhachion (Epidamnos)
- Ancient site.native_name
- Δυρράχιον / Ἐπίδαμνος
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Dyrrhachium (Lat.), Dyrrah, Durrës
- Ancient site.image
- Durrës amphitheater (Albania).JPG
- Ancient site.caption
- The amphitheater of Durrës
- Ancient site.map_type
- Albania
- Ancient site.location
- Durrës, Durrës County, Albania
- Ancient site.region
- Adriatic coast, Illyria
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.part_of
- Durrës
- Ancient site.built
- 7th century BC
- Ancient site.epochs
- Archaic Greek; Classical; Hellenistic; Roman; Byzantine; Medieval
- Ancient site.cultures
- Greek, Illyrian, Roman, Byzantine
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- Durrës
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- Dyrrhachion
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