Dyrrhachium
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Dyrrhachium was an important ancient Greek and later Roman port city on the Adriatic coast, in the area of modern-day Durrës, Albania.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dyrrachium | 4 |
| Dyrrhachium canonical | 4 |
| Dyrrachion | 1 |
| Dyrrhachion | 1 |
| city of Dyrrhachium | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek colony
ⓘ
Roman city ⓘ ancient city ⓘ |
| coast | Adriatic Sea ⓘ |
| connectedBy | Via Egnatia ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Byzantium
ⓘ
Salonika ⓘ
surface form:
Thessalonica
|
| countryDuringClassicalPeriod |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| countryDuringImperialPeriod | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Corcyra
ⓘ
Corinth ⓘ Greek colonists ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
Roman forum
ⓘ
amphitheatre in Durrës ⓘ city walls ⓘ |
| hasModernSuccessor | Durrës ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Dyrrhachium
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Dyrrachion
Dyrrhachium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dyrrachium
Dyrrhachium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dyrrhachion
|
| involvedInConflictBetween |
Julius Caesar
ⓘ
Pompey the Great ⓘ
surface form:
Pompey
|
| knownFor |
important commercial port
ⓘ
strategic military importance ⓘ |
| languageInAntiquity |
Ancient Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| laterControlledBy |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Normans ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Republic of Venice ⓘ
surface form:
Venetian Republic
|
| locatedIn |
Adriatic coast
ⓘ
Illyricum ⓘ
surface form:
Illyria
|
| locatedInPresentDay |
Albania
ⓘ
Durrës ⓘ |
| originalName | Epidamnos ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman province of Epirus Nova
ⓘ
Illyricum prefecture ⓘ
surface form:
Roman province of Illyricum
|
| region | Balkans ⓘ |
| servedAs |
gateway to the Balkans
ⓘ
major Adriatic port ⓘ starting point of Via Egnatia ⓘ |
| siteOf |
Battle of Dyrrhachium
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)
Battle of Dyrrhachium ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC)
|
| timePeriod |
Byzantine period
ⓘ
Classical antiquity ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Dyrrachium
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Dyrrachium
this entity surface form:
Dyrrhachion
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Dyrrachion
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Dyrrachium
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city of Dyrrhachium
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Dyrrachium