Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 41.316, 19.447 · 17 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 440 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Barbarians with a great army took the land of Epidamnus and besieged the city. |
| 436 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Epidamnian envoys, hard pressed by exiled nobles' raids, plead at the Heraion of their mother city Corcyra but are refused |
| 435 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Corcyra, with the exiled nobles and Illyrians, besieges Epidamnus, proclaiming that those who leave will be unharmed and the rest treated as enemies |
| 435 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | The same day Epidamnus surrenders; foreigners are sold and the Corinthians kept as prisoners |
| 48 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | When Antony arrives from Brundisium with his army, Caesar provokes Pompey to a decisive battle |
| 48 BC | Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars | Of the two battles whose outcome was uncertain during the civil war, one was the fighting at Dyrrhachium. |
| AD 546 | Procopius, History of the Wars | The forces of John and Isaac joined Belisarius at Epidamnus. |
| AD 548 | Procopius, History of the Wars | Slavic forces crossed the Ister and plundered all of Illyricum as far as Epidamnus. |
| AD 1081 | Anna Komnene, The Alexiad | Alexios sent his brother-in-law Palaiologos to Dyrrachium to drive out Monomachatos. |
| AD 1081 | Anna Komnene, The Alexiad | The people of Dyrrachium, surrounded by sea and land, lost heart at the sight of Robert's great army. |
| AD 1081 | Anna Komnene, The Alexiad | The fierce fighting spread into Robert's camp, and many soldiers were driven back or fell. |
| AD 1081 | Anna Komnene, The Alexiad | In a naval battle Robert's side fled, and Robert decided to haul all his fleet ashore. |
| AD 1081 | Anna Komnene, The Alexiad | The same disease spread among Robert's cavalry, and many died; there was a food shortage in the camp on the river Glykys. |
| AD 1081 | Anna Komnene, The Alexiad | The battle of Dyrrachium: after small skirmishes, Robert slowly followed, and the distance narrowed. |
| AD 1082 | Anna Komnene, The Alexiad | Instigated by Amalfitan emigrants, the people of Dyrrachium opened their gates and admitted Robert. |
| AD 1107 | Anna Komnene, The Alexiad | Bohemond marched in battle formation toward Epidamnos (Dyrrachium), intending to strike it with siege engines if it could not be taken without a fight. |
| AD 1107 | Anna Komnene, The Alexiad | Bohemond's barbarians erected a huge siege tower shaped like a tower. |