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  • Oricum

  • Oricum

    Oricum, also Orikon or Orikum, is an ancient city located Vlorë County, Albania. It was founded in the 1st millennium BC by Ancinet Greek from Euboea island. In the Roman times the city became a military a base during Rome's wars with the Illyrians and with Macedonia.
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    Oricum
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    Oricum

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    Albania

    Vlorë

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    First Millennium BC

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