Durrës: All Data
Durrës: chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Durrës: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
626 BC
Capital of Epidamnos
435 BC
Mentioned in: Siege of Epidamnos
228 BC
Mentioned in Event: First Illyrian War
221 BC
Mentioned in Event: Second Illyrian War
48 BC
Mentioned in Event: Caesar's Civil War
48 BC
Mentioned in: Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC), part of Caesar's Civil War
42 BC
Mentioned in Event: Liberators' Civil War
268 AD
Mentioned in Event: Gothic War (267-269)
286 AD
Mentioned in Event: Early Tetrarchic Period
294 AD
Mentioned in Event: Early Tetrarchic Period
309 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
317 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
325 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
337 AD
Mentioned in Event: Division of the Empire among the sons of Constantine the Great
351 AD
Mentioned in Event: Roman civil war of 350-353
353 AD
Mentioned in Event: Roman civil war of 350-353
395 AD
Mentioned in Event: Definitive Division of the Roman Empire
1006 AD
Mentioned in Event: Byzantine conquest of Durazzo
1033 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Thema of Dyrrachion, part of Byzantine Empire
1081 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Norman invasion of the Balkans
1081 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Dyrrhachium, part of First Norman invasion of the Balkans
1272 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Albania (Anjou of Naples)
1272 AD
Capital of Sicilian Dependencies in Albania
1274 AD
Mentioned in Event: Conquests of Michael VIII
1368 AD
Capital of Principality of Albania (Medieval)
1502 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ottoman-Venetian War (1499-1503)
1913 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Balkan War
1913 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Balkan War
1913 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of London (1913)
1913 AD
Capital of Republic of Central Albania
1914 AD
Mentioned in Event: Collapse of Albania
1914 AD
Capital of Principality of Albania
1915 AD
Mentioned in Event: Collapse of Albania
1916 AD
Mentioned in Event: Collapse of Albania
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Albania during World War I
1917 AD
1918 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Durazzo, part of World War I
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Liberation of the Balkan States
1939 AD
Mentioned in Event: Italian invasion of Albania
1939 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Durrës, part of Italian invasion of Albania
1942 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Prefecture of Durazzo, part of Italian Protectorate of Albania
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Invasion of Albania
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Liberation of Albania
1946 AD
Mentioned in Event: Liberation of Albania
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the County of Durrës, part of Republic of Albania