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	Epidamnos
		The Greek city of Epidamnos (Strabo Geography vi.316), later the Roman Dyrrachium (modern Durres, Albania, ca.
		Aristotle's Politics several times draws for examples on the internal government of Epidamnos, which was run as a tight oligarchy that appointed a ruling magistrate; tradesmen and craftsmen were excluded from power, until internal strife produced a more democratic government.
		Individual trading with the local Illyrians was forbidden at Epidamnos: all traffic was through the authorized city agent or poletes.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Cities/Epidamnos.html (645 words)

	Durrës - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The city was founded as Epidamnos in 627 BC by Greek colonists from Corinth and Corfu (Kérkyra).
		Epidamnos was noted for being a politically advanced society, prompting the ancient philosopher Aristotle to praise its political system.
		Epidamnos was seized by Glaukias, the king of Illyria, in 312 BC, but after a war with the Roman Republic in 229 BC ended in a decisive defeat for the Illyrians the city passed to Roman Rule, following which it was developed as a major Roman military and naval base.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Epidamnos (1878 words)

	Durrës Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		In ancient times it was known by the Illyrian name Epidamnos, then with the Greek name Dyrrhachion, in Roman times as Dyrrachium or Dyrrhachium, and to the Italianss as Durazzo.
		The city was founded around 627 BC as Epidamnos by Corcyrean (inhabitants of Corfu) and Corinthian (inhabitants of Corinth) colonists on the settlement of the Illyrian Taulant tribe.
		Epidamnos first appears on coins of the 5th century BC, and it was part of the kingdoms of Cassander and Pyrrhus.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/d/du/durres.html (494 words)

	History: Greek Antiquity
		In 435 BC Epidamnos, a colony on the Illyrian coast, was the reason the Corfiots clashed with the Corinthians.
		The events at Epidamnos were one of the causes for the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC).
		Between the years 427 to 425 BC Corfu was ravaged and savage civil war between the aristocratic and democratic parties, the former favouring the Corinthians and the latter the Athenians.
	www.corfuxenos.gr /History/greekant.htm (762 words)

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