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]

References

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