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Doracium (Greek: Δωρακίον), was an ancient town of Illyricum, which Hierocles calls the metropolis of the Provincia Praevalitana – a title which rightly belongs to Scodra.[1]

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  1. 6 relations: Doclea (Illyria), Greek language, Hierocles (author of Synecdemus), Illyricum (Roman province), Shkodër, Wesseling.

  2. Illyrian Montenegro
  3. Roman towns and cities in Montenegro

Doclea (Illyria)

Doclea or Dioclea, also known as Docleia or Diocleia (Duklja; Διοκλεία; Dioklea), was an ancient Illyrian, Roman and Byzantine city, in the region of the Docleatae tribe (late Roman province of Praevalitana), now an archeological site near Podgorica in modern Montenegro. Doracium and Doclea (Illyria) are cities in ancient Illyria, Former populated places in the Balkans, Illyrian Montenegro and Roman towns and cities in Montenegro.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Hierocles (Greek: Ἱεροκλῆς Hierokles) was a Byzantine geographer of the sixth century and the attributed author of the Synecdemus or Synekdemos, which contains a table of administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire and lists of the cities of each.

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Illyricum (Roman province)

Illyricum was a Roman province that existed from 27 BC to sometime during the reign of Vespasian (69–79 AD).

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Shkodër

Shkodër (Shkodra; historically known as Scodra or Scutari) is the fifth-most-populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. Doracium and Shkodër are cities in ancient Illyria.

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Wesseling

Wesseling is an industrial German city on the Rhine bordering Cologne city on the south.

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See also

Illyrian Montenegro

Roman towns and cities in Montenegro

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doracium