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The other authorities have declared that the place was renamed by the Romans with reference to the difficulties of the rocky shore, because the term Epidamnus has in the Latin tongue the meaning
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And a certain John, a native of Epidamnus, which is now called
History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War Procopius
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(Durazzo), which in former times was called Epidamnus (Thucydides, i.
Plutarch's Lives Volume III. 46-120? Plutarch 1839
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Irritated by these causes of offence, the Corinthians were too happy to assist Epidamnus; accordingly they invited any one who was willing to settle there, and for the protection of the colonists despatched with them Ambracian and Leucadian troops and a force of their own.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Corinth, taking with them Lacdaemonian and Sicyonian envoys, and summoned the Corinthians to withdraw the troops and the colonists, telling them that they had nothing to do with Epidamnus.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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And as if the wrong which they have themselves done at Epidamnus were not enough, they now come hither and ask you to be, not their allies, but their accomplices in crime, and would have you receive them when they are at enmity with us.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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And the injustice of their conduct to us is manifest: for we proposed an arbitration in the matter of Epidamnus, but they insisted on prosecuting their quarrel by arms and would not hear of
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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In process of time Epidamnus became great and populous, but there followed a long period of civil commotion, and the city is said to have been brought low in a war against the neighbouring barbarians, and to have lost her ancient power.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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When the news reached the Corinthians that Epidamnus was besieged, they equipped an army and proclaimed that a colony was to be sent thither; all who wished might go and enjoy equal rights of citizenship; but any one who was unwilling to sail at once might remain at Corinth, and, if he made a deposit of fifty Corinthian drachmae, might still have a share in the colony. 28
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Corcyraeans when they discovered that the settlers and the troops had entered Epidamnus and that the colony had been given up to the
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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