Abstract
The main purpose of this presentation is to review and reappraise of the ancients fonts with new archaeological found discovered recently in Durres, in these fifteen years. The city of Durres in ancient periods was named Epidamnos, after Dyrrachium in Roman period and now Durres. I will discuss for the roman colonization in Dyrrachium, when he was founded, why was changed the name in roman period, why Dyrrachium lost his independence and what had happened in Dyrrachium during Imperial Roman Period based in new archaeological found that had helped to reappraise of ancient authors. DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2015.v4n2s2p28
Highlights
Epidamnos-Dyrrachium were the names that Durrës had in ancient periods
In V century A.C. the Balkans was named Prefecture of Illyricum, it was divided in two Dioceses, the Diocese of Dacia and the Diocese Macedonia
The Diocese of Macedonia was divided in six provinces: Macedonia, Achaea, Crete, Thessaly, Epirus Nova and Epirus Vetus (Notitia dignitatum tam civilium quam militarium in partibus Orientis, 1876)
Summary
Epidamnos-Dyrrachium were the names that Durrës had in ancient periods. The researchers are in one mind that these two names tell two different part of the city. The first, is that Epidamnos and Dyrrachium was an only city, which in early period was called Epidamnos and when Durrës was invaded from Rome, they changed the name in Dyrrachium because the name Epidamnos was sinister for roman than remembers the word damnus (bad) (Melae, 2002; Plinus, 2002; Appiani, 2002) Another theory has Koço Zheku, an Albanian archaeologist. The third theory was that Epidamnos and Dyrrachium was two different cities very near each other and frequently the two cities were called or Epidamnos or Dyrrachium from visitors, traders or strangers The researchers based these theory at Appiani, who had telled a history why Durrësi in ancients periods had two different names. The ancient authors didn’t have told us when was erected this institution
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