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ILLYRIA - DYRRHACHIUM

(III-II century BC)

Epidamnos, colony of Corcyra was founded in 623 BC. The city was the capital of the Dyrrhachi. When the Romans began to occupy the area at the end of the 3rd century BC, they renamed the city Dyrrachium. It became at the end of the Republic the most important port for trade with Italy from Brindisium.