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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Albania_relief_location_map.svg/384px-Albania_relief_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Albania_relief_location_map.svg/512px-Albania_relief_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="602" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:68.056%;left:34.375%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bay of Vlorë"><img alt="Bay of Vlorë" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Bay of Vlorë</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data region"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Europe" title="Southern Europe">Southern Europe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span title="Geographical coordinates">Coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bay_of_Vlor%C3%AB&params=40_27_0_N_19_24_0_E_type:waterbody"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°27′0″N</span> <span class="longitude">19°24′0″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.45000°N 19.40000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.45000; 19.40000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span title="Primary outflows: oceans, seas, straights">Ocean/sea sources</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Sea" title="Adriatic Sea">Adriatic Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ionian_Sea" title="Ionian Sea">Ionian Sea</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">Basin</a> countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. length</th><td class="infobox-data">10 km (6.2 mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface area</th><td class="infobox-data">250 km<sup>2</sup> (97 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Average depth</th><td class="infobox-data">25 m (82 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settlements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vlor%C3%AB" title="Vlorë">Vlorë</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Bay of Vlorë</b> (<a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>: <i lang="sq">Gjiri i Vlorës</i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="sq-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Albanian" title="Help:IPA/Albanian">[ˈɟiɾi<span class="wrap"> </span>i<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈvlɔɾəs]</a></span>) is a large <a href="/wiki/Bay" title="Bay">bay</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Sea" title="Adriatic Sea">Adriatic Sea</a> situated along the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Adriatic_Sea_Coast" title="Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast">Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Europe" title="Southern Europe">Southern Europe</a>. It opens to the sea in the northwest and is largely surrounded by the lagoon of <a href="/wiki/Narta_Lagoon" title="Narta Lagoon">Narta</a> in the north, the city of <a href="/wiki/Vlor%C3%AB" title="Vlorë">Vlorë</a> in the northeast, the mountains of the <a href="/wiki/Ceraunian_Mountains" title="Ceraunian Mountains">Ceraunians</a> in the east and southeast, and the peninsula of <a href="/wiki/Karaburun_Peninsula_(Albania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Karaburun Peninsula (Albania)">Karaburun</a> in the southwest and west. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biodiversity">Biodiversity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bay_of_Vlor%C3%AB&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biodiversity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The bay is categorized as an <a href="/wiki/Important_Bird_Area" title="Important Bird Area">Important Bird</a> and <a href="/wiki/Important_Plant_Areas" title="Important Plant Areas">Plant Area</a> by virtue of it provides excellent habitats for a vast array of <a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">bird</a> and <a href="/wiki/Plant" title="Plant">plant</a> species.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bay_of_Vlor%C3%AB&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Karaburun_Peninsula_(Albania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Karaburun Peninsula (Albania)">Karaburun Peninsula</a>, which stretches at the meetingpoint of the <a href="/wiki/Adriatic" class="mw-redirect" title="Adriatic">Adriatic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ionian_Sea" title="Ionian Sea">Ionian Sea</a>, encompasses the western shoreline of the bay that is highly hilly and irregular in structure and is home to the <a href="/wiki/Karaburun-Sazan_Marine_Park" title="Karaburun-Sazan Marine Park">Karaburun-Sazan Marine Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-intro_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-intro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bay_of_Vlor%C3%AB&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In classical antiquity the Bay of Vlorë constituted the southern limit of the Illyrian coast.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShpuza2022553_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShpuza2022553-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZindelLippertLahiKiel2018346_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZindelLippertLahiKiel2018346-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBejkoMorrisPapadopoulosSchepartz20154_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBejkoMorrisPapadopoulosSchepartz20154-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHammondWilkes2012726_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHammondWilkes2012726-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bay is delimited by the mountainous area of the <a href="/wiki/Karaburun_Peninsula_(Albania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Karaburun Peninsula (Albania)">Karaburun Peninsula</a> (ancient <i>Akrokeraunia</i>) to the southwest and the <a href="/wiki/Ceraunian_Mountains" title="Ceraunian Mountains">Ceraunian Mountains</a> to the south, which represented a natural frontier separating <a href="/wiki/Illyria" title="Illyria">Illyria</a> from <a href="/wiki/Epirus" title="Epirus">Epirus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShpuza2022553_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShpuza2022553-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBejkoMorrisPapadopoulosSchepartz20154_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBejkoMorrisPapadopoulosSchepartz20154-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZindelLippertLahiKiel2018346_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZindelLippertLahiKiel2018346-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The coastal area of the Bay was settled by <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greeks" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greeks">Ancient Greek</a> <a href="/wiki/Greek_colonisation" title="Greek colonisation">colonists</a>, who traditionally founded <a href="/wiki/Oricum" title="Oricum">Oricum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thronion_(Illyria)" title="Thronion (Illyria)">Thronion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vlor%C3%AB" title="Vlorë">Aulon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECabanes2008171_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECabanes2008171-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMalkin2001192–193_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMalkin2001192–193-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPapadopoulos2016440_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPapadopoulos2016440-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Illyrians" title="Illyrians">Illyrians</a> were found in the hinterland of the Bay.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDe_Simone20171867_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDe_Simone20171867-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBejkoMorrisPapadopoulosSchepartz20154_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBejkoMorrisPapadopoulosSchepartz20154-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHammondWilkes2012726_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHammondWilkes2012726-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area at the foot of the <a href="/wiki/Karaburun_Peninsula,_Albania" title="Karaburun Peninsula, Albania">Akrokeraunian Mountains</a> including the <a href="/wiki/Dukat,_Albania" title="Dukat, Albania">Dukat plain</a> in the south of the Bay was inhabited by the southernmost Illyrians, while <a href="/wiki/Chaones" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaones">Chaones</a> and their territory, <a href="/wiki/Chaonia" title="Chaonia">Chaonia</a>, were located to the south of the Akrokeraunia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShpuza2022553_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShpuza2022553-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman times</a>, the region was a significant place and was the scene, for example, of some of <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Caesar's</a> battles. It has been suggested that <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> landed inside the Bay of Vlorë from <a href="/wiki/Brundusium" class="mw-redirect" title="Brundusium">Brundusium</a> across the Adriatic, in order to carry on the <a href="/wiki/Great_Roman_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Roman Civil War">Civil War</a> against <a href="/wiki/Pompey" title="Pompey">Pompey</a> in Illyricum and the oncoming <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dyrrhachium_(48_BC)" title="Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC)">Battle of Dyrrhachium</a> on 10 July 48 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELonghurst2016132_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELonghurst2016132-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a> mentions <i>Aulon</i> (<a href="/wiki/Vlor%C3%AB" title="Vlorë">Vlorë</a>), locating it in <a href="/wiki/Taulanti" class="mw-redirect" title="Taulanti">Taulantian</a> territory.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaupaj201981_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaupaj201981-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In one account, 18 ships full of merchandise have sunk in the Bay. Studying the Bay of Vlorë, it has been one of the main projects of the navigation department of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Vlora" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Vlora">University of Vlora</a> in the last few years.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The southwestern end of the Bay, at the naval base of <a href="/wiki/Pashaliman_Naval_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashaliman Naval Base">Pashaliman</a>, has been used as a harbor since antiquity. The city was called <a href="/wiki/Oricum" title="Oricum">Oricum</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, it was temporarily a Soviet naval base, the only one in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean sea</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed" style="font-size:88%; line-height:130%"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 166px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 164px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Valona_Pinargenti_1573.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Historical map of the Bay in 1573"><img alt="Historical map of the Bay in 1573" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Valona_Pinargenti_1573.jpg/246px-Valona_Pinargenti_1573.jpg" decoding="async" width="164" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Valona_Pinargenti_1573.jpg/369px-Valona_Pinargenti_1573.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Valona_Pinargenti_1573.jpg/492px-Valona_Pinargenti_1573.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2428" data-file-height="1776" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Historical map of the Bay in 1573</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vlora_von_oben,_Albanien_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View from the air"><img alt="View from the air" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Vlora_von_oben%2C_Albanien_2014.jpg/240px-Vlora_von_oben%2C_Albanien_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Vlora_von_oben%2C_Albanien_2014.jpg/360px-Vlora_von_oben%2C_Albanien_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Vlora_von_oben%2C_Albanien_2014.jpg/480px-Vlora_von_oben%2C_Albanien_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">View from the air</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 183.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 181.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sunset_over_Bay_of_Vlora.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="At sunset"><img alt="At sunset" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Sunset_over_Bay_of_Vlora.jpg/272px-Sunset_over_Bay_of_Vlora.jpg" decoding="async" width="182" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Sunset_over_Bay_of_Vlora.jpg/407px-Sunset_over_Bay_of_Vlora.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Sunset_over_Bay_of_Vlora.jpg/543px-Sunset_over_Bay_of_Vlora.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="679" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">At sunset</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 173.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 171.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Porti_i_Vlores.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Port of Vlorë"><img alt="Port of Vlorë" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Porti_i_Vlores.jpg/257px-Porti_i_Vlores.jpg" decoding="async" width="172" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Porti_i_Vlores.jpg/386px-Porti_i_Vlores.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Porti_i_Vlores.jpg/514px-Porti_i_Vlores.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4894" data-file-height="3427" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Vlor%C3%AB" title="Port of Vlorë">Port of Vlorë</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 332.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 330.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vlora_Panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Panoramic view"><img alt="Panoramic view" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Vlora_Panorama.jpg/496px-Vlora_Panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="331" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Vlora_Panorama.jpg/744px-Vlora_Panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Vlora_Panorama.jpg/992px-Vlora_Panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7426" data-file-height="2695" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Panoramic view</div> </li> </ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bay_of_Vlor%C3%AB&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_of_Albania" title="Biodiversity of Albania">Biodiversity of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Albania" title="Geography of Albania">Geography of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Albania" title="Protected areas of Albania">Protected areas of 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZindelLippertLahiKiel2018346_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFZindelLippertLahiKiel2018">Zindel et al. 2018</a>, p. 346.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBejkoMorrisPapadopoulosSchepartz20154-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBejkoMorrisPapadopoulosSchepartz20154_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBejkoMorrisPapadopoulosSchepartz20154_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBejkoMorrisPapadopoulosSchepartz20154_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBejkoMorrisPapadopoulosSchepartz2015">Bejko et al. 2015</a>, p. 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHammondWilkes2012726-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHammondWilkes2012726_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHammondWilkes2012726_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHammondWilkes2012">Hammond & Wilkes 2012</a>, p. 726.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECabanes2008171-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECabanes2008171_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCabanes2008">Cabanes 2008</a>, p. 171.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMalkin2001192–193-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMalkin2001192–193_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMalkin2001">Malkin 2001</a>, pp. 192–193.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPapadopoulos2016440-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPapadopoulos2016440_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPapadopoulos2016">Papadopoulos 2016</a>, p. 440.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDe_Simone20171867-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDe_Simone20171867_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDe_Simone2017">De Simone 2017</a>, p. 1867: "According to Hammond and Wilkes (...) the Illyrians were “a large group of related Indo-European tribes, who occupied in classical times the western side of the Balkan range from the head of the Adriatic Sea to the hinterland of the Gulf of Valona and extended northwards as far as the eastern Alps and the Danube and eastwards into some districts beyond the Balkan range.”"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBejkoMorrisPapadopoulosSchepartz2015">Bejko et al. 2015</a>, p. 4: "As for where precisely in this topography of tribes of southern Illyria and Epirus Lofkend lies, there is no clear confirmation, except that the region is north of the Epirote tribes and thus in southern Illyria. The tumulus is located somewhat to the north of ancient Chaonia—usually located between the Thyamis River in Greek Epirus (the mod-ern Kalamas) and the Akrokeraunian headland, the modern Karaburun peninsula that defines the western edge of the bay of Vlorë, the ancient Aulon, in Albania (...)—and to the north and west of Atintania (...)."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELonghurst2016132-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELonghurst2016132_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLonghurst2016">Longhurst 2016</a>, p. 132: "The most significant problem is the identification of Caesar’s landing place for his army with Palaeste, when it can be shown that he probably landed inside the Gulf of Valona." 134: "Pompey’s army was dispersed in winter quarters leaving his main supply base of Dyrrachium (Durazzo or Durrës) potentially vulnerable to a surprise attack. Caesar planned to land his army on the coast of Illyricum (Albania), as near as he could to Dyrrachium, march on the city and seize Pompey’s supplies."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaupaj201981-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaupaj201981_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJaupaj2019">Jaupaj 2019</a>, p. 81.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140203125827/http://www.univlora.edu.al/al/Kampus_April_28.pdf/">"UNIVERSITETI I VLORES 'Ismail Qemali' – Virtus Scientia Veritas"</a>. Univlora.edu.al. 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