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Former settlement in ancient Illyria

Epicaria (Ancient Greek: Ἐπικάρια) or Durnium was a settlement in ancient Illyria, of the Illyrian tribe called the Cavii. It was close to Bassania.

Distribution of cities in antiquity in the border of southern Illyria with Greeks and Thracians

See also

References

  1. Rome and the Mediterranean: books XXXI-XLV of The history of Rome from its foundation by Livy, Henry Bettenson, ISBN 0140443185, 1976, page 580
  2. The central Balkan tribes in pre-Roman times: Triballi, Autariatae, Dardanians, Scordisci and Moesians by Fanula Papazoglu, 1978, ISBN 9025607934, page 247, "...which appears in the name of the Illyrian tribe of the Cavii..."
  3. The classical gazetteer: a dictionary of ancient geography, sacred and profane by William Hazlitt, 1851, "Epicaria a town of the Cavii in Illyria..."

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