The John Bargrave Collection
Dyrrachium
Albania, Europe
No image has been attached.View Larger MapDescription of institution: Founded as Epidamnos in the ancient region of Illyria in 627 BC by ancient Greeks. After the Illyrian Wars the city passed to Roman rule and was renamed Dyrrachium. URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyrrachium#Roman_and_Byzantine_rule People linked to this location: Birth place in - Anastasius I Dicorus (430 -518)