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KODRION (Ancient city) ALBANIA
Codrion, a fortified town in Illyria, which surrendered to the Romans
upon the capture of Antipatria, B.C. 200. It was probably near the latter city,
upon the river Apsus. (Liv. xxxi. 27.) It was probably the same town, which is
called Chrysondyon by Polybius (v. 108). (Leake, Northern Greece, vol. iii. p.
326, seq.)
To the N of Mt. Tomor. The earliest coins yielded by excavation are of Philip II of Macedon; the massive circuit wall with a fine gateway dates probably to the late 4th c. B.C. Names are preserved on tile stamps and amphora seals; weapons, tools, and fibulas were found. Kodrion figured in the wars between Macedon and Rome (Livy 31.27.4).
N.G.L. Hammond, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Sep 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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