Rhizon

Originally in Illyrian proper territory, the city is attested in Ancient Greek as Ῥίζων and in Latin as Risinium.

[2] Herodian (2nd century A.D.) mentions that Rhizon takes its name from Rizon, son of Cadmus and brother of Illyrius.

– point to the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE as the general chronological framework for the activity of the Rhizonian mint and for the successive issuance of the coinages of different issuing authorities there.

Rhizon had also its own protector, a deity called Medaurus, who was depicted as carrying a lance and riding on horseback.

The most prosperous time for Roman Rhizinium came during the 1st and 2nd centuries, when huge villas were made in the area and the city had 10,000 inhabitants.

[10] Archeological research in Risinium in the 21st century suggests that the statue of Medaurus was set up on a base of at least 15x20m, and situated on the acropolis where it dominated the city.

On the Gradina hill, above the archeological site of Carine, a fortification is situated containing remains of an Illyrian acropolis.