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Chrysondyon

Albania

Chrysondyon was an ancient town in the southern Illyrian region of Dassaretia, mentioned by Polybius in the 2nd century BC in the accounts of the Illyrian Wars and Macedonian Wars. The location of the ancient town is unknown. It was probably situated between Lychnidus and Antipatrea. Along with Antipatrea, Gertous and Creonion, Chrysondyon was one of the Dassaretan towns (also described as castella) around which the Illyrian dynast Skerdilaidas and the Macedonian king Philip V fought in 217 BC. The settlement of Chrysondyon was evidently walled.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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