Doberus or Doberos ( grc, Δόβηρος) was a town of Paeonia, which

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reached after crossing

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, and where many troops and additional volunteers reached him, making up his full total. Hierocles calls the town Diaborus or Diaboros (Διάβορος) and names it next to

Idomenae Idomenae or Idomenai ( grc, Ἰδομεναί, possibly from Ἰδομενεύς - ''Idomeneues''), also known as Idomene (Ἰδομένη), or Eidomenae or Eidomenai, or Idomenia, was a town of ancient Macedonia. The ''Tabula Peutingeriana'' plac ...

among the towns of

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under the Byzantine Empire; this, coupled with the statement of Ptolemy that it belonged to the Aestraei, would seem to show that Doberus was near the modern Dojran.

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called it Dobeira (Δόβειρα). Doberus was the seat of a bishop in antiquity. In modern times, it is a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. The site of Doberus is near the modern Bansko, North Macedonia.

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