Epidamnos
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The city of Epidamnos (Ancient Greek: Επίδαμνος), later the Roman Dyrrachium[1][2][3] (Δυρράχιον; modern Durrës, Albania), was founded in 627 BC[4] in Illyria by Greek colonists from Corinth and Corcyra (modern Corfu).[5][6] Aristotle's Politics several times draws for examples on the internal government of Epidamnos, which was run as a tight oligarchy that appointed a ruling magistrate; tradesmen and craftsmen were excluded from power, until internal strife produced a more democratic government. The exiled oligarchs appealed to Corcyra while the democrats enlisted the help of Corinth, initiating a struggle between the two mother cities described by Thucydides as a cause of the Peloponnesian War. Individual trading with the local Illyrians was forbidden at Epidamnos: all traffic was through the authorized city agent or poletes.[citation needed] In the fourth century BC the city-state was part of the kingdoms of Cassander and Pyrrhus. The general vicinity of Epidamnos was called Epidamnia.[7]