Doberus

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Doberus or Doberos (Ancient Greek : Δόβηρος) was a town of Paeonia, which Sitalces reached after crossing Mount Cercine, and where many troops and additional volunteers reached him, making up his full total. [1] Hierocles calls the town Diaborus or Diaboros (Διάβορος) and names it next to Idomenae among the towns of Macedonia Prima under the Byzantine Empire; this, coupled with the statement of Ptolemy that it belonged to the Aestraei, [2] would seem to show that Doberus was near the modern Dojran. Suda called it Dobeira (Δόβειρα). [3]

Doberus was the seat of a bishop in antiquity. In modern times, it is a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. [4]

The site of Doberus is near the modern Bansko, North Macedonia. [5] [6]

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References

  1. Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War . Vol. 2.98, 100.
  2. Ptolemy. The Geography . Vol. 3.13.8.
  3. Suda, delta, 1318
  4. "Doberus (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  5. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World . Princeton University Press. p. 50, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN   978-0-691-03169-9.
  6. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Doberus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray.

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