Po redaktohet Damastion (paragraf)

==History==
The [[Illyrians|Illyrian]] state controlled the mines of Damastion at least from the 5th century BC.{{sfn|Šašel Kos|1993|p=129|ps=: "It is known that the mines were under the control of the Illyrian state at least from the 5th century onwards."}} The silver mines of Damastion increased the interest of the Greeks in Illyrian territory.{{sfn|Zimi|2006|p=377}} In the 431 BC [[Greeks]] from [[Aegina]] had colonised the city.<ref name=Inventory>In An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis by Mogens Herman, {{ISBN|0-19-814099-1}}, 2004, "As a long-distance trading community, Aigina was not an active coloniser, but colonised Kydonia (no. 968) in 519, Adria (no. 75) c.C61, and Damastion in Illyria after 431 (Strabo 8.6.16)."</ref> In 4th century BC the city (''Damastini'' its citizens) were subjects to Illyrian king [[Bardylis]]<ref>The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC by D.M.Lewis, {{ISBN|0-521-23348-8}}, 1994, p.429 "Bardylis combined military and economic developments. His subjects, the Damastini, began to issue a fine silver coinage c. 395, which adopted a version of the standard and some emblems of"</ref> and its inhabitants were called the ''Damastini''. The city was known in antiquity for its silver mines, whose exact location, like that of the city itself, is today unknown.<ref>The Cambridge Ancient History Vol.6: The Fourth Century BC by D.M.Lewis, {{ISBN|0-521-23348-8}}, 1994, p.422: "... Silver was mined in antiquity by the Damastini to the east and the north east of Lake Ochrid.</ref><ref>Wilkes, J.J. The Illyrians, 1992, {{ISBN|0-631-19807-5}}, p.128, "Nothing is so far known of the extraction of silver, and the location of Damastion, with its remarkable silver coinage, remains a mystery"...."</ref> The circulation of the coins of Damastion included [[Dardani]]a (today's [[Kosovo]] and its surrounding areas) up to the west, to the southern Adriatic coast.<ref>The Illyrians - p.176 by J.J. Wilkes {{ISBN|0-631-19807-5}}</ref> The city and its silver mines were captured by [[Philip II of Macedon]] after he defeated Dardanian King [[Bardyllis]].<ref>The Role of Metals in Ancient Greek History, p.285 by Michail Yu Treister, {{ISBN|90-04-09917-4}}</ref>