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Illyria is the setting for Jean-Paul Sartre's Les Mains Sales. Lloyd Alexander's The Illyrian Adventure is set in Illyria in 1872. [31] John Hawkes' 1970 novel The Blood Oranges is set in a fictionalized Illyria. [32] There is a fictional Illyria with its inhabitants, winged fae, in the fantasy series A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas.
The terms Illyrians, Illyria and Illyricum have been used throughout history for ethnic and geographic contextualizations that have changed over time. Re-contextualizations of these terms often confused ancient writers and modern scholars.
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]
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.
The beginning of the integration of the region of Illyria in the Roman world followed the revolt and saw many Illyrians rise through the ranks of the Roman society and the Roman army in particular which produced several emperors of Illyrian origin.
The Culture of ancient Illyria or Illyrian culture begins to be distinguished by increasingly clear features during the Middle Bronze Age and especially at the end of the Late Bronze Age. Ceramics as a typical element is characterized by the extensive use of shapes with two handles protruding from the edge as well as decoration with geometric ...
Agron of Illyria: reigned from 250 BC to 230 BC (after his father Pleuratus II). In 231 BC, Agron possessed the most powerful land army and navy, of any of the kings who had reigned Illyria before him. He extended the kingdoms' borders in the north and south. [48] Queen Teuta (regent for Pinnes): forced to come to terms with the Romans in 227 ...
691 BC. First Illyrian invasion of Macedonia after bad relations developed. [4]BC. Gaularos, ruler of the Taulanti state wages war on the Macedonians.