DORISCUS
DORISCUS (
Δορίσκος), a coast town of Thrace, in a plain west of the river Hebrus, which is hence called the plain of Doriscus (
Δοπίσκος πεδίον). During the expedition of Darius the place was taken and fortified by the Persians; and in this plain Xerxes reviewed his forces before commencing his march against Greece.
In the time of Livy it appears to have been only a fort--
castellum (
Hdt. 5.98;
7.25,
59,
105;
Steph. B. sub voce Liv. 31.16;
Plin. Nat. 4.18; Pomp. Mel. 2.2).
The neighbourhood of Doriscus is now called the plain of
Romigik. L. S.]