Doclea or Dioclea, also known as Docleia or Diocleia (Montenegrin: Дукља, romanized: Duklja; Greek: Διοκλεία; Albanian: Dioklea), was an ancient Illyrian...
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is a list of ancient tribes in the ancient territory of Illyria (Greek: Ἰλλυρία; Latin: Illyria). The name Illyrians seems to be the name of a single Illyrian...
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developed into an independent polis, and later a Roman city, in southern Illyria. It was located on the right bank of the Aoös/Vjosë river, approximately...
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classical and late antiquity, Illyria (/ɪˈlɪəriə/; Ancient Greek: Ἰλλυρία, Illyría or Ἰλλυρίς, Illyrís; Latin: Illyria, Illyricum) was a region in the...
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BC. The son of Pleuratus II, Agron succeeded in reconquering southern Illyria, which had been under the control of Epirus since the time of Pyrrhus,...
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This is a list of settlements in Illyria founded by Illyrians (southern Illyrians, Dardanians, Pannonians), Liburni, Ancient Greeks and the Roman Empire...
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Teuta (redirect from Queen Teuta of Illyria)
Greek: Τεύτα; Latin: Teuta) was the queen regent of the Ardiaei tribe in Illyria, who reigned approximately from 231 BC to 228/227 BC. Following the death...
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Illyricum (Roman province) (redirect from Illyria (Roman province))
Vespasian (69–79 AD). The province comprised Illyria/Dalmatia in the south and Pannonia in the north. Illyria included the area along the east coast of the...
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List of Illyrians (redirect from List of rulers of Illyria)
Illyrian Revolt (6-9 BC). The beginning of the integration of the region of Illyria in the Roman world followed the revolt and saw many Illyrians rise through...
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Ancient Greek neighbours became bilingual. The tribe was found in southern Illyria (today's Fier District, southern Albania). The toponym Νίκαια (Nikaia)...
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Lezhë (redirect from Lissos (Illyria))
coincided with Philip V of Macedon's conquest of a number of cities in Illyria. In 211 BC, Philip V captured Acrolissus, the citadel of Lissus, and Lissos...
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Albanopolis (redirect from Albanopolis (Illyria))
deserves to be pursued in the future. Albanoi Illyria Albania (placename) List of ancient cities in Illyria Zgërdhesh Ptolemy. "III.13(12).23". Geography...
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Νύμφαιον or Νυμφαίη; Latin: Nymphaeum) was an ancient harbour on the coast of Illyria, three miles to the north of Lissus. The site has been identified with...
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Labeatae) were an Illyrian people that lived on the Adriatic coast of southern Illyria, between modern Albania and Montenegro, around Lake Scodra (the ancient...
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Acroceraunian Mountains, the natural boundary between ancient Epirus and Illyria. Thronion was conquered by nearby Apollonia before 460 BCE. Thronion has...
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Illyrian warfare (redirect from Army of Illyria)
beginning of the 2nd millennium BC up to the 1st century AD in the region of Illyria and in southern Italy where the Iapygian civilization flourished. It concerns...
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and Greeks. The territory the Illyrians inhabited came to be known as Illyria to later Greek and Roman authors, who identified a territory that corresponds...
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Pileus (hat) (section Illyria)
pilleum in Latin) was a brimless felt cap worn in Ancient Greece, Etruria, Illyria (especially Pannonia), later also introduced in Ancient Rome. The pileus...
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Lower Neretva Dardana Fortress Delminium Desilo (Lower Neretva) Dimale Doclea Doracium Dresnik Duboc Dukat Dyrrhachium/Epidamnus (Durrës) Enkelana Epicaria...
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tentatively located near modern Shkëmbi i Kavajës. List of settlements in Illyria Julius Caesar, B.C. 3.42. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas...
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Epidamnos (category Greek colonies in Illyria)
Dyrrachium (Δυρράχιον; modern Durrës, Albania), was founded in 627 BC in Illyria by Illyrians from Corinth and Corcyra (modern Corfu). Etymologically, Epidamnos...
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Gentius (redirect from Genthus of Illyria)
of Gentius said to have been caught in the act of piracy. An embassy to Illyria failed to locate the king; but the praetor discovered that Romans were...
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Illyro-Roman Wars (category Wars involving Illyria)
Greek towns. The Romans also set up Demetrius of Pharos as a power in Illyria to counterbalance the power of Teuta. The Second Illyrian War lasted from...
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reproduced Hecataeus added an entry for another settlement named Arbon in Illyria whose inhabitants were called Arbonioi or Arbonites. Another Arbon was...
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rich spectrum in religious beliefs and burial rituals that emerged in Illyria, especially during the Roman period, may reflect the variation in cultural...
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Montenegro, Albania, and part of present-day Kosovo. Its capital city was Doclea, later Scodra. The Roman Empire conquered the Adriatic-Balkanic region after...
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Pannonii, Parthini, Taulantii and others (see list of ancient tribes in Illyria). It is not known to what extent all of these tribes formed a homogeneous...
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History of Dalmatia (section Illyria and the Delmatae)
further inland than the current borders of Dalmatia. Duklja (the Roman Doclea) began south of Dubrovnik and spread down to the Skadar Lake. Pagania was...
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Bellum Batonianum (category Wars involving Illyria)
Breuci, a tribe in Pannonia led by Bato the Breucian. Many other tribes in Illyria also joined the revolt. The Romans referred to the conflict as Bellum Batonianum...
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due to many initial archaeological discoveries coming from the region of Illyria. According to archaeological evidence, the Illyrian type helmet evolved...
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