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(The modernized film spoof She's the Man is set in "Illyria High School" in California.) Shakespeare also mentioned the region in Henry VI, Part 2. [29] An extensive history of Illyria by Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, was published by Joseph Keglevich in 1746. [30] Illyria is the setting for Jean-Paul Sartre's Les Mains Sales.
Illyricum / ɪ ˈ l ɪ r ɪ k ə m / was a Roman province that existed from 27 BC to sometime during the reign of Vespasian (69–79 AD). The province comprised Illyria/Dalmatia in the south and Pannonia in the north.
Illyria, a region in Southeastern Europe in classical antiquity, inhabited by ancient Illyrians; Illyricum (Roman province), a Roman province that existed between 27 BC and 69/79 AD; Diocese of Illyricum, a diocese of the Late Roman Empire; Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum, one of four praetorian prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire ...
The Illyrian kingdom was composed of small areas within the region of Illyria. Only the Romans ruled the entire region. The internal organization of the south Illyrian kingdom points to imitation of their neighbouring Greek kingdoms and influence from the Greek and Hellenistic world in the growth of their urban centres. [29]
This is a list of settlements in Illyria founded by Illyrians (southern Illyrians, Dardanians, Pannonians), Liburni, Ancient Greeks and the Roman Empire. A number of cities in Illyria and later Illyricum were built on the sites or close to the sites of pre-existing Illyrian settlements, though that was not always the case.
Legally and formally, however, the Illyrian Kingdom continued to exist; until 1915, the emperor's patents contained the title of King of Illyria, and with the reform of October 10, 1915, the Illyrian coat of arms quietly disappeared from Austrian national heraldry. [4] [5] The Kingdom of Illyria was officially established on August 3, 1816. [6]
Also referred to as the Amantieis or Amantini, the Amantes lived in the inland region of the Bay of Vlorë. Ardiaei: The Ardiaei lived in a region between Konjic on the north, the Neretva on the west, Lake Shkodër to the southeast and the Adriatic Sea on the south. The chief settlements of the Ardiaean State were Rhizon and Scodra. Armistae
Written studies about the Illyrians and Illyria, their history and cultures, go back to classical antiquity with Greco-Roman historiography and accounts, possibly beginning with Hesiod, Hecataeus and Herodotus and best known through such authors as Thucydides, Aristotle, Polybius, [4] Velleius Paterculus [5] Suetonius, [6] Pausanias, Appian, [7] Cassius Dio, [8] Diodorus Siculus, [9] Julius ...