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History (5)

Battles

Battle of Dyrrachium

EPIDAMNOS (Ancient city) ALBANIA
Ceasar defeated by Pompey

Catastrophes of the place

By Roman 200 BC

ANTIPATRIA (Ancient city) ALBANIA

By earthquake, 3rd c. AD

APOLLONIA (Ancient city) ALBANIA
In the 3rd century A.D. the earthquakes changed the direction of the Aos river and brought the decline of Apollonia.

Foundation/Settlement of the place

7th c. B.C. Founded by Corcyraeans and Corinthians

EPIDAMNOS (Ancient city) ALBANIA
After the Rhizonic Gulf comes the city of Lissus, and Acrolissus, and Epidamnus, founded by the Corcyraeans, which is now called Dyrrachium, like the peninsula on which it is situated (Strab. 7,5,8).

Links

The History of Albania from Encyclopaedia of Islam

ALBANIA (Country) BALKANS

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