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Ancient town in Illyria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gertus or Gertous (Ancient Greek: Γερτοῦς[1]) was an ancient town in the southern Illyrian region of Dassaretia, mentioned by Polybius in the 2nd century BC in the accounts of the Illyrian Wars and Macedonian Wars.[2][3][4] The location of the ancient town is still unknown.[4][5] It was probably situated between Lychnidus and Antipatrea.[6]
Along with Antipatrea, Chrysondyon and Creonion, Gertus was one of the Dassaretan towns (also described as castella) around which the Illyrian dynast Skerdilaidas and the Macedonian king Philip V fought in 217 BC.[2][5] The settlement of Gertus was evidently walled.[5]
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