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Modern Description: Identified by a Latin inscription cut in rock. It lies on the right bank of the lower Aous on the hill of Gradisht (village of Hekal), which is fortified with a circuit wall ca. 2000 m long. The remains of two theaters are visible as well as remains of the agora and a gymnasium; another fortification wall separates the higher part of the site. A limestone statue of a comic actor from Byllis is in the Museum at Valona; funerary reliefs have been found, and a rock-niche contains a dedication to Dionysos. The remains are of the Hellenistic and Roman periods, and the main Roman road up the Aous valley passed below the site. The city was the capital of the Bylliones, who issued money. (N.G.L. HAMMOND)
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byllis
Wikidata ID: Q1018544
Trismegistos Geo: 12134

Info: Princeton Encyclopedia

(Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, from Perseus Project)

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