Dyrrachium
Place
Civil War 1.25 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “… He finds out that the consuls had gone to Dyrrachium with a great part of the army, and that Pompeius was remaining at Brundisium with twenty cohorts, nor could it be ascertained for certain whether he had remained there for the sake of holding Brundisium, in order that he might more easily control the whole Adriatic from the extremities of Italy and the …”
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Civil War 1.25
Caesar
… He finds out that the consuls had gone to Dyrrachium with a great part of the army, and that Pompeius was remaining at Brundisium with twenty cohorts, nor could it be ascertained for certain whether he had remained there for the sake of holding Brundisium, in order that he might more easily control the whole Adriatic from the extremities of Italy and the shores of Greece and so carry on war from either side, or whether he had halted there from lack of ships; and fearing lest Pompeius should think that he ought not to abandon Italy, he determined to block the exits and stop the working of the harbour of Brundisium. …
Alexandrian War 48
Pseudo-Caesar; authorship disputed
Now during the period when Caesar was besieging Pompeius at Dyrrachium, and achieving success at Old Pharsalus, and was engaged at Alexandria in operations which involved great risk, though rumour made it out to be still greater, Q. Cassius Longinus had been left behind in Spain as propraetor to govern the further province. …
Civil War 1.27
Caesar
When nearly half the work had been completed by Caesar and nine days had been spent on it, the ships which had conveyed to Dyrrachium the first part of the army and had been sent back thence by the consuls return to Brundisium. …
Geographical record
Pleiades representative point · precise
A city founded in 627 B.C. by colonists from Corinth and Kerkyra.
Pleiades 481818 · CC BY 3.0 · Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 49 B2 Dyrr(h)achium/Epidamnos
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