Editing Epidamnos (section)

{{For|mythological figure|Epidamnus (mythology)}}
{{Short description|Ancient Greek city}}
{{About|the settlements in Illyria|modern city|Durrës}}
{{Infobox ancient site
  |name = Epidamnos
  |native_name = Επίδαμνος {{in lang|el}}
  |alternate_name = Durrës
  |image = Durrës amphitheater (Albania).JPG
  |alt = 
  |caption = The amphitheater of Durrës
  |map_type = Albania
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  |coordinates = {{coord|41|16|N|19|30|E |display=inline,title}}
  |location = [[Durrës]], [[Durrës County]], [[Albania]]
  |region = [[Northern Albania]]
  |type = Settlement
  |part_of = Durrës
  |built = 7th century BC
  |abandoned = 
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  |cultures = [[Ancient Greece#Culture|Greek]]
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}}
'''Epidamnos''' ''(Ancient Greek: Επίδαμνος, Albanian: Epidamn)'', later known as Dyrrachium ''(Latin: Dyrrhachium, Greek: Δυρράχιον, Albanian: Dyrrah)'',<ref>Evagrius Scholasticus, [https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2733.tlg001.1st1K-grc1:3.29/ ''Ecclesiastical History'', 3.29.1]</ref><ref>Procopius, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4029.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.1 ''History of the Wars'', 3.11.1]</ref><ref>[http://www.stoa.org/sol-entries/delta/1585 Suda, delta, 1585]</ref> was a prominent city on the Adriatic coast, located in modern-day Durrës, Albania. It was founded in '''627 BC<ref>Mogens Herman Hansen, ''An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation'', 2005, page 330: "Epidamnos was founded in either 627 or 625 (Hieron. Chron.)"</ref>''' by Greek settlers from [[Corinth]] and Corcyra (modern [[Corfu]]).<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Stallo |first=Jennifer |title=Isotopic Study of Migration: Differentiating Locals and Non-Locals in Tumulus Burials from Apollonia, Albania |access-date=2023-05-22 |publisher=University of Cincinnati |url=https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=ucin1186753260&disposition=inline |page=29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129185501/https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=ucin1186753260&disposition=inline |archive-date=2022-01-29 |year=2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="rhodes">[[P. J. Rhodes|Rhodes, P. J.]] ''A History of the Classical Greek World 478–323 BC''. 2nd edition. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, p. 88.</ref> and evolved into a significant political, commercial, and military hub throughout antiquity. Initially a Greek colony, it became a major Illyrian center, then a key Roman and Byzantine stronghold, before continuing its historical trajectory under later empires.