10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DYRRACHIUM»
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The 4th, 5th and 6th centuries saw destabilising invasions of Albania by Visigoths
and then Ostrogoths, who occupied Dyrrachium in ad480 and used it as a base
from which to invade Italy and set up a kingdom there. Shkodra was sacked in ...
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International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe
Description: Established in seventh century B.C. as Epidamnos; 168 B.C.,
incorporated into Roman Empire as Dyrrachium; destroyed by an earthquake in
A.D. 345; overrun by barbarians and later by crusaders; 1 392, ceded to Republic
of ...
Trudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin, Sharon La Boda, 1995
808 4 116-89 AE Alexandria MionnetVI, 26/209 - - 14,25 - - Stray find Gudea
1989,p. 808 5 III 229-100 or later Dr (p) Dyrrachium cf. Schlösser, 297 6 17,6 2,5
CC 25/57 1957 Stray find 6III 200-30 BC Dr Dyrrachium SNGCop, 467 6 18.2 x
17.6 ...
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Caesar's Civil War 49-44 BC
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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A History of Exile in the Roman Republic
Thus he chose Dyrrachium–afreestate on the Western coast of Greece – as his
place of exile.24 Although he was never recalled and died a banished man, his
choice of Dyrrachium as a new domicile anticipated a trend in the following
century ...
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Coinage and Money Under the Roman Republic: Italy and the ...
A separate group is composed of drachms of Apollonia or Dyrrachium; I suppose
them to have arrived in the Po valley later in the second century: Padova -
information from G. Gorini Drachm of Dyrrachium Monselice - information from G.
Michael Hewson Crawford, 1985
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Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the ...
The Norman invasion of Dyrrachium followed swiftly after Alexius I's accession in
April , and the earliest indications were not good for the new emperor. First
, the citizens of Dubrovnik and other unspecified 'Dalmatians' provided ...
He intended to disembark at the city of Epidamnos, which in accordance with
modern tradition we will call Dyrrachium.'" He had thought of crossing from
Otranto to Nicopolis and of capturing Naupaktos and all the country and forts
around it, ...
Elizabeth Van Houts, 2000
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Alexiad Of The Princess Anna Comnena
The town Dyrrachium, or Epidamnus, an ancient Greek city, lies somewhat lower
than Elissus and on its left side, for Elissus stands higher and more to the right.
This Elissus is either named after some river Elissus, a tributary of the great river
...
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military ...
emperor had obtained the help of the Venetian fleet, which arrived at Dyrrachium.
The accounts again diverge, but it seems clear that the Venetians had superiority
both in technology and also in actual fighting at sea. In the initial encounter the ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DYRRACHIUM»
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Wax Tablets Reveal Secrets of Ancient Illyria
Albania's main port city of Durres, known in antiquity by the names Dyrrachium or Epidamnos, has been continuously inhabited since the ... «AlbanianEconomy.com, Oct 14»
Book review: Imperial Fire by Robert Lyndon
When Alexius suffers an ignominious defeat to the Norman adventurer 'Crafty' Robert Guiscard at the port of Dyrrachium on the Adriatic coast, ... «Lancashire Evening Post, Jan 14»
Endangered European Historical Sites
Roman Amphitheater of Durrës: This 2nd-century A.D. amphitheater, known in antiquity as Epidamnus or Dyrrachium, was discovered in the ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 13»
