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VYLIS (Ancient city) ALBANIA
It was a city of the Elimiotes (Ptol. 3,13,4), founded by the Myrmidones under Neoptolemus (Steph. Byz.). Strabo locates it between the ancient cities Apollonias and Orikon. The remains are situated to the E of Valona (Aulon), in Garditsa location.

Byllis

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Byllis

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Byllis

  Identified by a Latin inscription cut in rock. It lies on the right bank of the lower Aous on the hill of Gradisht, which is fortified with a circuit wall ca. 2000 m long. The remains of two theaters are visible as well as remains of the agora and a gymnasium; another fortification wall separates the higher part of the site. A limestone statue of a comic actor from Byllis is in the Museum at Valona; funerary reliefs have been found, and a rock-niche contains a dedication to Dionysos. The remains are of the Hellenistic and Roman periods, and the main Roman road up the Aous valley passed below the site. The city was the capital of the Bylliones, who issued money.

N.G.L. Hammond, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites, Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.

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