Historical sources

 

Diodorus Siculus , 15,13 , Lissus was founded as a Syracusan colony by Dionysios I in 385 BC.

 

Polybios , 8, 15. 16 , describes the siege of the strong fortress during the First Macedonian War in 213 BC, providing a good description of the ancient site.

 

Caesar , civ. 3, 26-29 , the city seems to have had an important seaport (Nymphaeum, today Shëngjin)