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Epicaria

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Epicaria(Ancient Greek:Ἐπικάρια) orDurniumwas a settlement in ancientIllyria,of theIllyrian tribe[1][2]called theCavii.[3]It was close toBassania.

Distribution of cities in antiquity in the border of southern Illyria with Greeks and Thracians

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  1. ^Rome and the Mediterranean: books XXXI-XLV of The history of Rome from its foundation by Livy, Henry Bettenson,ISBN0140443185,1976, page 580
  2. ^The central Balkan tribes in pre-Roman times: Triballi, Autariatae, Dardanians, Scordisci and Moesians by Fanula Papazoglu, 1978,ISBN9025607934,page 247, "...which appears in the name of the Illyrian tribe of the Cavii..."
  3. ^The classical gazetteer: a dictionary of ancient geography, sacred and profane by William Hazlitt, 1851, "Epicaria a town of the Cavii in Illyria..."