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
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- 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 amphitheater (Albania).JPG
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7 sectionsContents
- Archaic, Classical and Greek period (7th century BC – 3rd century BC)
- Roman period (3rd century BC – 4th century AD)
- Byzantine and medieval period
- Legacy and modern significance
- See also
- References
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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 Byzantine stronghold.
== Archaic, Classical and Greek period (7th century BC – 3rd century BC) == Epidamnos was established in a strategic coastal location, facilitating maritime trade and interaction with the Illyrians, making it a vital trading hub between the wider Greek world and the Taulantii hinterland. The Taulantii tribe played a key role in the city's development, and evidence suggests a degree of cultural fusion between the Greek settlers and the indigenous Illyrians. The Taulantii exerted territorial control and at times direct overlordship, even as the polis maintained Greek civic institutions.
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