Two invasions of Epidamnus by Illyrian forces deployed by Queen Teuta attacking the Greek cities of Epirus took place as part of the Illyrian Wars in spring...

The Affair of Epidamnus, also known as the Epidamnian Affair, is cited by the Ancient Greek historian Thucydides as one of the major immediate causes...

century, the province was reorganized as the Theme of Dyrrachium by Emperor Nikephoros I The name "Epidamnus" was still used by the Byzantines, as for example...

Salona was founded in the 3rd century BC and was mostly destroyed in the invasions of the Avars and Slavs in the seventh century AD. Many Roman characteristics...

part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has a population of 13,347 and is the administrative center of Kotor Municipality. The old Mediterranean port of Kotor...

Illyria only disappears from the historical record after the Ottoman invasion of the Balkans in the 15th century, and re-emerges in the 17th century,...

Roman province of Pannonia, located on the Sava river, on the site of modern Sremska Mitrovica in the Vojvodina autonomous province of Serbia. First mentioned...

('Father Tomorr') is the name of the father god, used in central Albanian mythology and folklore to refer to the father of gods and humans. Baba Tomor is...

over other neighboring tribes as well. He annexed part of Epirus, Epidamnus, and the islands of Korkyra (Corfu) and Pharos (Hvar), and garrisoned in them...

construction of the city's name was recorded by Appian (2nd century AD) who wrote that "the king of the barbarians of this country, Epidamnus gave the name...