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	DURAZZO - LoveToKnow Article on DURAZZO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Epidamnus and Dyrrachium; Albanian, Durresi; Turkish and Slavonic, Drach), a seaport and capital of the sanjak of Durazzo, in the vilayet of lannina, Albania, Turkey.
		Epidamnus was founded by a joint colony of Corcyreans and Corinthians towards the close of the 7th century B.C., and from its admirable position and the fertility of the surrounding country soon rose into very considerable importance.
		As the name Epidamnus sounded to Roman ears like an evil omen, as though it were derived from the Latin damnum, loss or harm, the alternative name of Dyrrachium, which the city possibly received from the rugged nature of the adjoining sea-coast, came into general use.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DU/DURAZZO.htm (568 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
		Now, as time went on, the city of Epidamnus became great and populous; but falling a prey to factions arising, it is said, from a war with her neighbours the barbarians, she became much enfeebled, and lost a considerable amount of her power.
		The fleet was under the command of Aristeus, son of Pellichas, Callicrates, son of Callias, and Timanor, son of Timanthes; the troops under that of Archetimus, son of Eurytimus, and Isarchidas, son of Isarchus.
		The same day had seen Epidamnus compelled by its besiegers to capitulate; the conditions being that the foreigners should be sold, and the Corinthians kept as prisoners of war, till their fate should be otherwise decided.
	classics.mit.edu /Thucydides/pelopwar.1.first.html (9410 words)

	Illyria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In classical history, Illyria or Illyricum or Illyrikon was a region in the western part of today's Balkan Peninsula inhabited by the tribes and clans of Illyrians, an ancient people who probably spoke an Indo-European language (the Illyrian languages).
		The main cities of Illyria were Lissus and (probably) Epidamnus.
		The Illyrians may have appeared in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula about 2000 BC, a period coinciding with the end of the Bronze Age and beginning of the Iron Age.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Illyria (1646 words)

	Pelopennesian War: Historical Background: The Prelude to War
		The prelude to the great Peloponnesian War began with the outbreak of a small civil conflict in the coastal city-state of Epidamnus.
		Social conflict within Epidamnus had been brewing for years and this finally led to a democratic faction rising within the broader population.
		Epidamnus had originally been settled by colonists of Corcyra, an important neutral city-state with a large navy of 120 triremes.
	www.wwnorton.com /internal/lenses/cs_pw_prelude.htm (1384 words)

	Thucydides-Passages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		In process of time Epidamnus became great and populous, but there followed a long period of civil commotion, and the city is said to have been brought low in a war against the neighbouring barbarians, and to have lost her ancient power.
		Their fleet was commanded by Aristeus the son of Pellichus, Callicrates the son of Callias, and Timanor the son of Timanthes; the land forces by Archetimus the son of Eurytimus, and Isarchidas the son of Isarchus.
		On the very same day the forces besieging Epidamnus succeeded in compelling the city to capitulate, the terms being that the Corinthians until their fate was determined should be imprisoned and the strangers sold.
	classicpersuasion.org /pw/thucydides/thucydides-passages.php?pleaseget=1.20-1.36 (3825 words)

	DURAO - Online Information article about DURAO
		Epidamnus and Dyrrachium; Albanian, Durresi; Turkish and Slavonic, Drach), a seaport and
		As the name Epidamnus sounded to Roman ears like an evil omen, as though it were derived from the Latin damnum, " loss " or " harm," the alternative name of Dyrrachium, which the city possibly received from the rugged nature of the adjoining sea-coast, came into general use.
		It was a favourite point of debarcation for the Roman armies; the great military road known as the Via Egnatia led from Dyrrachium to Thessalonica (Salonica) ; and another highway passed southwards to
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /DRO_ECG/DURAO.html (1729 words)

	Under Albanian Soil
		Therefore, the intervention of Corinth on the side of the people and Corcyra on the side of the oligarchs led to the deeper conflict between Athens, Sparta, and their respective allies known as the Peloponnesian War.
		The placement of the temple on its high elevation point meant that visitors to Epidamnus would be greeted by the sight of one of the colony's most important and impressive civic works.
		While work at Epidamnus has revealed aspects of the Greek colonial period, other projects are bringing to light prehistoric and more modern discoveries.
	www.archaeology.org /online/features/albania (2575 words)

	Menaechmi or The Twin Brothers
		Just prior to their appearance on the street where Menaechmus of Epidamnus lives, the latter has as usual been quarreling with his wife.
		Meanwhile, the wife of Menaechmus of Epidamnus discovers the loss of the mantle and makes such a scene that her husband attempts to recover the mantle from Erotium.
		The comedy closes with plans for an auction of all the property of Menaechmus of Epidamnus, including his wife, that he may return with his brother to Syracuse.
	www.theatrehistory.com /ancient/plautus003.html (531 words)

	ANCIENT ALBANIA
		She was carved out into three independent republics the capitals of which were respectively Scodar (Shkoder), Epidamnus (Durres) and Dulcigno (todays' Ulqin in Montenegro).
		They were highly skilled boat builders and sailors as well; indeed, their light, swift galleys known as liburnae were of such superior design that the Romans incorporated them.
		From the 8th to the 6th century BC the Greeks founded a string of colonies on Illyrian soil, two of the most prominent of which were Epidamnus (modern Durrës) and Apollonia (near modern Vlorë).
	www.geocities.com /Paris/Louvre/6820/albania1.html (1620 words)

	Epidamnus
		Epidamnus was a colony of Corcyra (itself a colony of Corinth) founded around 625 B. with the help of a leader ( oikistes, or chief settler) from the mother city of Corinth named Phalius.
		And this is how, according to Thucydides ( Histories, I,24, sq), Epidamnus became around 435 the cause of a conflict between Corcyra and Corinth in which Athens was dragged and which preluded to the Peloponnesian war.
		Unable to find support from Corcyra, the democrats of Epidamnus called upon Corinth, which, worried about the growing power, naval capabilities and lack of consideration for the motherland of its colony, was all too happy to help.
	plato-dialogues.org /tools/loc/epidmnus.htm (500 words)

	Via Egnatia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		From Apollonia to Macedonia one travels the Egnatian Road, towards the east; it has been measured by Roman miles and marked by pillars as far as Cypsela [Now Ipsala] and the Hebrus [Now the Maritza] River--a distance of five hundred and thirty-five miles.
		And it so happens that travellers setting out from Apollonia and Epidamnus meet at an equal distance from the two places on the same road.
		Now although the road as a whole is called the Egnatian Road, the first part of it is called the Road to Candavia (an Illyrian mountain) and passes through Lychnidus,[Now Ochrida] a city, and Pylon, a place on the road which marks the boundary between the Illyrian country and Macedonia.
	www.abu.nb.ca /courses/NTIntro/images/Egnatian.htm (189 words)

	Pelopennesian War: Third Lens: Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The behavior of middle-rank and small city-states such as Corinth, Corcyra, Epidamnus, and Potidaea had a bearing on the delicately balanced relationship between Athens and Sparta.
		In the three main incidents that Thucydides points to as leading up to conflict, balancing against immediate threats and overall power was the course of action taken by all the players.
		When the people of Epidamnus came under siege, they sought a powerful ally to repel the old ruling elite.
	homepages.uc.edu /~collicn/lenses/cs_pw_analysis3_2.htm (752 words)

	UC Team Pinpoints Site of Archaic Temple
		UC archaeologists have pinpointed the site of an Archaic temple, believed to be the first signs found of the Greek colony of Epidamnus, located in present-day Albania at Durres.
		A UC team led by Jack Davis, the Carl W. Blegen Chair in Greek Archaeology, and Sharon Stocker, a doctoral student in archaeology, discovered the site while on an urgent mission at Durres with colleagues at the Albanian Institute of Archaeology.
		She also notes that “we know next to nothing of the Archaic and Classical Greek city of Epidamnus.
	www.uc.edu /news/NR.asp?id=1324 (850 words)

	causes of peloponnesian war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Epidamnus colony of Corcyra, Corcyra colony of Corinth.
		Democratic faction at Epidamnus expels oligarchic faction, oligarchs get aid and attack.
		Democrats appeal to mother-city, Corcyra, for help and are refused; appeal and get help from Corinthians, who attack Corcyraeans.
	www.union.edu /PUBLIC/CLSDEPT/classics21/outlines/causes.htm (465 words)

	Mackubin T. Owens -- Book Review: Kagan's "The Peloponnesian War" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The first Peloponnesian War broke out in 461 B.C., ending 16 years later with a truce that was intended to secure peace for 30 years.
		The conflagration of the second Peloponnesian War, the subject of Thucydides' history, can be traced to a spark on the periphery of Greek life, the city of Epidamnus, in which a civil war pitted democrats against oligarchs.
		The former appealed to Corcyra, which was the metropolis of Epidamnus.
	www.orthodoxytoday.org /articles2/OwensPeloponnesianWar.shtml (1806 words)

	Schola Great Books 1 Class Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Thucydides believed that the growing power of Athens and the fear of the Spartans because of this was the true cause of the Peloponnesian War.
		In Epidamnus, the democrats had finally taken over and banished the aristocracy and its rulers.
		At this, the Corcyrans came to Epidamnus in indignation, demanding that they restore the exiled aristocratic rulers and send back the Corinthian forces.
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	Alb-Info! History
		During the 7th and 6th centuries BC, the Greeks established several colonies along the Albanian coast, including Epidamnus (present-day Durrës) and Apollonia (near present-day Vlorë).
		By the 3rd century BC the colonies began to decline and eventually disappeared.
		Christianity was felt increasingly in Illyricum by the middle of the 1st century AD, and in 58, Saint Paul placed an apostle in charge of Epidamnus.
	www.albinfo.com /albhistori.html (2957 words)

	Timothy Moore, Musical Accompaniment in Roman Comedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Menaechmus of Epidamnus is always accompanied, and at each of his entrances except his last he brings musical accompaniment with him.
		Menaechmus of Syracuse, on the other hand, brings a stop to the music at each of his entrances except his last, and after each entrance he remains unaccompanied until he is affected by a music-bringing character from Epidamnus.
		Music thus distinguishes the serious Syracusan from his more carefree brother and the Epidamnus he inhabits.
	duke.usask.ca /~porterj/abstracts/moore.html (709 words)

	The Peloponnesian War -- Chapter 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		When the Corcyræans heard of the arrival of the settlers and troops in Epidamnus, and the surrender of the colony to Corinth, they took fire.
		On their refusal the Corcyræans proceeded to besiege the city, which stands on an isthmus; and the Corinthians, receiving intelligence of the investment of Epidamnus, got together an armament and proclaimed a colony to Epidamnus, perfect political equality being guaranteed to all who chose to go.
		The Corcyræans retorted that if Corinth would withdraw her troops from Epidamnus they would withdraw theirs, or they were ready to let both parties remain \\\in statu quo,/// an armistice being concluded till judgment could be given.
	www.litrix.com /pelop/pelop002.htm (6729 words)

	Dept. of Classics at Mount Allison University --
		Trys to overthrow aristocratic Corcyran rule, Corcyra seems indifferent untill Corinth trys to help Epidamnus, at which point all heck breaks loose.
		-- Corcyra wouldn?t help though, and so Epidamnus turned to Corinth, which was the mother city of Corcyra and thus the ultimate mother city of Epidamnus.
		It is clear in reading "History of the Peloponnesian War" that he won Thucydides' admiration, "as incorruptable and forsighted and who led people rather than just looking for their approval and favour".
	www.mta.ca /faculty/humanities/classics/Course_Materials/CLAS3001/ThucB.php3 (1312 words)

	Italy - Salona
		The Greek colonists had crept up the coast line from the southeast, settling on the islands and, in a few cases, on the mainland.
		Pharus, Issa, Epidamnus, Apollonia, Delminium, were among these colonies.
		From the mother colony on the island of Issa, the cities of Tragurion (modern Trail) and Epetion had been founded, and from them Salona, only a few miles southeast of Tragurion.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles27n/roman-cities-28.shtml (3957 words)

	I/47 Illyrians (700 BC - 10 AD)
		Albania) seized Epidamnus (modern Durrës) from the Greeks and challenged Alexander the Great, but allied with the Romans during their Illyrian wars.
		Epidamnus, Apollonia) along the Adriatic coast, bringing the Illyrian tribes into contact with Greek civilization.
		The Illyrian kings and tribal chieftains were also known for building significant stone citadels on rocky mountain outcrops and ridges, many of which are just now being studied by archaeologists.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/armies/I47 (2356 words)

	Durrës on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Founded (c.625 BC) as Epidamnus, a joint colony of Corinth and Corcyra, it became an important trade center.
		The quarrel between Corinth and Corcyra over Epidamnus helped to precipitate (431 BC) the Peloponnesian War.
		Durrës passed to Rome in 229 BC and became a military and naval base.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/Durres.asp (604 words)

	'Epidamnus is a City'
		'Epidamnus is a city ' Thucydides begins his account of the episode in which Athens was to support Corcyra against Corinth with these very ordinary words, and then adds the kind of geographical and historical information which he often gives for places on the edge of the Greek world (1.24.1-2).
		Modern scholars have found a Homeric precedent for that, the sentence which begins 'There is a city Ephyre.
		6.152, and have suggested, or at any rate implied, that Thucydides on Epidamnus is deliberately echoing Homer on Ephyre.
	www.dur.ac.uk /Classics/histos/1998/rhodes.html (2720 words)

	Appian's History of Rome: The Illyrian Wars
		Agron captured a part of Epirus and also Corcyra, Epidamnus, and Pharus in succession, where he established garrisons.
		When he threatened the rest of the Adriatic with his fleet, the isle of Issa implored the aid of the Romans.
		The latter then entered into an alliance with Epidamnus and went to the assistance of the Issii and of the Epidamnians, who were besieged by the Illyrians.
	www.livius.org /ap-ark/appian/appian_illyrian_2.html (1161 words)

	Thucydides - Chapter II
		Epidamnus, and the surrender of the colony to Corinth, they took fire.
		Epidamnus, negotiation might be possible; but, while the town was
		Epidamnus compelled by its besiegers to capitulate; the conditions
	homepages.compuserve.de /holznagela/Thucydides/02.htm (7497 words)

	Nationbuilding in the Balkans
		From the 8th to the 6th century BC the Greeks founded a string of colonies on
		Illyrian soil, two of the most prominent of which were Epidamnus (modern
		Roman name for Epidamnus) led to the creation there of a bishopric in AD 58.
	pbosnia.kentlaw.edu /resources/history/albania/albhist.htm (4721 words)

	Peloponnesian War
		The Peloponnesian War began in the following way.
		Epidamnus was city-state that was exposed to chronic raiding.
		Corcyra, another city-state, was in conflict with Epidamnus and when they Corcyreans heard of this alliance, they in turn appealed to Athens for assistance.
	home.triad.rr.com /warfford/ancient/pelop.html (668 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		CHAPTER I The state of Greece from the earliest Times to the Commencement of the Peloponnesian War CHAPTER II Causes of the War — The Affair of Epidamnus — The Affair of Potidaea CHAPTER III Congress of the Peloponnesian Confederacy...
		The State of Greece from the earliest Times to the Commencement of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing...
		Causes of the War — The Affair of Epidamnus — The Affair of Potidaea The city of Epidamnus stands on the right of the entrance of the Ionic Gulf.
	www.literaturemania.com /plpwr10 (1520 words)

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