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Irwin L. Merker considers that the language spoken by the Paeonians was closely related to Greek (and ancient Macedonian if it was a distinct language from ancient Greek), a Hellenic language with "a great deal of Illyrian and Thracian influence as a result of this proximity".
Name Title Date Description Caeria: Queen Died in 344 BC or 343 BC Caeria was an Illyrian queen, who reigned in the 4th century BC. Caius: Pope Served from 17 December 283 to 22 April 296 In accordance with Christian tradition, Caius is a native from Dalmatia and a relative of Diocletian. Constantine the Great: Emperor
Illyrian tribes in the 7th–4th centuries BCE. This is a list of ancient tribes in the ancient territory of Illyria (Ancient Greek: Ἰλλυρία; Latin: Illyria).The name Illyrians seems to be the name of a single Illyrian tribe that was the first to come into contact with the ancient Greeks, causing the name Illyrians to be applied to all people of similar language and customs. [1]
Illyrians seems to be the name of a specific Illyrian tribe who were among the first to encounter the ancient Greeks during the Bronze Age. [4] The Greeks later applied this term Illyrians , pars pro toto , to all people with similar language and customs.
This article contains information about Illyrian vocabulary. No Illyrian texts survive, so sources for identifying Illyrian words have been identified by Hans Krahe [1] as being of four kinds: inscriptions, glosses of Illyrian words in classical texts, names—including proper names (mostly inscribed on tombstones), toponyms and river names—and Illyrian loanwords in other languages.
Pages in category "Illyrian people" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of Illyrians; A.
Since there are no Illyrian texts, sources for identifying Illyrian words have been identified by Hans Krahe [22] as being of four kinds: inscriptions, glosses of Illyrian words in classical texts, names—including proper names (mostly inscribed on tombstones), toponyms and river names—and Illyrian loanwords in other languages. The last ...
Many of the symbols found throughout Illyria were associated with the Sun, suggesting that the Sun worship was a cult common to Illyrian tribes. [32] Early figurative evidence of the celestial cult in Illyria is provided by 6th century BCE plaques from Lake Shkodra, which belonged to the Illyrian tribal area of what was referred in historical sources to as the Labeatae in later times.