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Scodra
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Ancient Scodra - The capital of the Labeates, in Illyria. Scodra was one of the oldest cities in modern Albania, it was located on Lake Shkoder which is the modern name of the ancient city. (formerly Scutari).

Scodra. Now Scodar or Scutari; one of the most important towns in Illyricum, on the left bank of the river Barbana, at the southeast corner of the Lacus Labeatis, and about seventeen miles from the coast. - Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers.

Scodra, capital of the Labeates, in Illyria, on Barbana fl., at the s. extremity of Labeatis lacus. A colonia. Fortress of Scutari. - Classical Gazetteer

Scodra in Antiquity. The town was known as Scodra (Greek: Σκάρδον) (Latin: Scodra) during the antiquity, and was the capital of the first kingdom of the Illyrian tribe of the Ardiaei, since the middle of the 3rd century BC. The town, was first mentioned during classical times as the site of the Illyrian Labeates, as well as the capital of the kingdom of King Gentius- in which he minted coins - and that of Queen Teuta. In the year 168 BC, the city was captured by the Romans and it became an important trade and military route. The Romans colonized the town. Scodra remained in the province of Illyricum, and later Dalmatia. By it 395 AD, it was part of the Diocese of Dacia, within Praevalitana. - Wikipedia
 

Scodra
SCODRA (Σκάρδον, Ptol. 2.16. (17.) � 12; Σκάρδον, Hierocl. p. 656: Eth. Scodrenses, Liv. 45.26), one of the snore important towns of Roman Illyricum (Montenegro), the capital of the Labeates, seated at the southern extremity of the lake Labeatis, between two rivers, the Clausula on the E., and the Barbanna on the W. (Liv. 44.31), and at a distance of 17 miles from the sea-coast (Plin. Nat. 3.22. s. 26). It was a very strong place, and Gentius, king of the Illyrians, attempted to defend it against the Romans, B.C. 168, but was defeated in a battle under the walls. Pliny erroneously places it on the Drilo (l.c.). At a later period it became the chief city of the province Praevalitana. It is the present Scutari, which is also the name of the lake Labeatis. (Wilkinson, Dalmatia and Montenegro, vol. i. p. 476.).  - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) William Smith, LLD, Ed.