List of ancient tribes in Illyria
This 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 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] The locations of Illyrian tribes/peoples prior to the Roman conquest are approximate, as sometimes many wholly different locations are given by ancient writers and modern authors (as in the case of the Enchelei).
After the Great Illyrian Revolt, the Romans deported,[2] split,[3] and resettled Illyrian tribes within Illyria itself and to Dacia, sometimes causing whole tribes to vanish and new ones to be formed from their remains, such as the Deraemestae and the Docleatae, some of them mixed with Celtic tribes (see Celticization). Many tribal names are known from Roman civitates and the number of their decuriae,[4] formed of the dispersed tribes in Illyria.
Tribes
Illyrian
Albani
Albani or Albanoi (Greek: Ἀλβανοί) were an Illyrian tribe whose first historical account appears in a work of Ptolemy.[5] They were the citizens of Albanopolis (Ἀλβανόπολις), located in the center of modern Albania, in the Zgërdhesh hill fort, near the city of Krujë. The national ethnonym of the Albanians is derived from this tribe.[6][7][8]
Ardiaei
Ardiaei or Ouardaioi (Greek: Ἀρδιαῖοι or Οὐαρδαῖοι; Latin: Vardiaei, Vardaei)[9] was an Illyrian tribe, residing inland,[10] that eventually settled[11] on the Adriatic coast. The Ardiaei had 20 decuriae. The Ardiaean dynasty ruled over the Illyrian Kingdom.
Autariatae
Autariatae or Autariates (Greek: Αὐταριᾶται) was an Illyrian tribe that became prominent between the 6th and 4th centuries BC. The tribe had been Celticized.[12]
Balaites
The Balaites were an Illyrian tribe known from epigraphical findings only who were organizing themselves in a koinon, and it is likely that they lived in the vicinity of Apollonia.[13][14]
Bathiatae
Bathiatae[15] was an Illyrian tribe.
Bylliones
Bylliones (Greek: Βυλλίονες) was an Illyrian tribe.[16] They were affected by a partial cultural Hellenisation.[17] According to Robert Elsie, the tribe was Illyrian.[18]
Cavii
Cavii was an Illyrian tribe.[19] They lived close to Lake Shkodër. Their main settlement was Epicaria.[20] They are mentioned rarely by ancient writers.[21]
Chelidones
Chelidones (Greek: Χελιδόνες) was an Illyrian tribe[22] whose name in Greek meant 'snail-men'. They lived in the Mat or Drin valleys.
Daorsi
Daorsi or Duersi or Daorsii or Daorsei (Greek: Δαόριζοι, Δαούρσιοι) was an Illyrian tribe.[23] Another name of the tribe was Daversi.[24] The Daorsi had suffered attacks[25] from the Delmatae that made them along with Issa[26] seek the aid of the Roman state. The Daorsi fought on the Roman side, providing them with their strong navy abandoning Caravantius. After the Illyrian Wars, the Daorsi were given immunity. Their most important city was Daorson. They had 17 decuriae.
Dardani
Dardani or Dardanians were located at the Thraco-Illyrian contact zone and their identification is uncertain.
Dassaretii
Dassaretii[27] (Greek: Δασσαρῆται, Δασσαρήτιοι) was an Illyrian tribe. They were located between the Dardani and the Ardiaei.[28] Appian of Alexandria wrote in his Illyrian wars that according to the Ancient Greeks, Illyrius, the ancestor of the Illyrians, had a daughter, Dassaro, from whom sprang the Dassaretii.[29] They are not to be confused with the ancient Greek Dassaretae the Lake Ohrid region.
Deretini
Deretini or Derriopes (Greek: Δερρίοπες) was an Illyrian tribe[30] in Narona conventus with 14 decuriae.
Deuri
Deuri or Derbanoi (Greek: Δερβανοί)[31] was an Illyrian tribe.[32] Other possible names are Derrioi.[33] In a conventus held in Salona after the Roman conquest the Deuri had 25 decuriae.[34]
Dyestes
Dyestes or Dyestae (Greek: Δυέσται)[35] was an Illyrian tribe[36] located around the silver mines of Damastion. Only Strabo passingly mentions this tribe.
Enchelei
The Enchelei or Sesarethii[37] (Greek: Ἐγχελεῖς, Σεσαρηθίους, accusative of *Σεσαρήθιοι)[38] were an Illyrian tribe.[39] Their name, given by the Greeks, meant "eel-men". In Greek mythology,[40] Cadmus and Harmonia ruled over them. Several locations are hypothesized for the Encheleans: around Lake Ohrid;[41] above Lake Ohrid or the region of Lynkestis south of the Taulantii.[42]
Kinambroi
Kinambroi (Greek: Κινάμβροι) was an Illyrian tribe.They surrendered to Octavian in 33 BC.[33]
Melcumani
Melcumani or Merromenoi or Melkomenioi (Greek: Μελκομένιοι) was an Illyrian tribe.[45] The Melcumani had 24 decuriae.
Narensi
Narensi or Narensii or Narensioi (Greek: Ναρήνσιοι)[46] or Naresioi or Naresii (Greek: Ναρήσιοι) was the name of a newly[47] formed Illyrian tribe[48] from various peoples at the River Naron. The Narensi had 102 decuriae.
Penestae
Penestae (Greek: Πενέσται) was the name of an Illyrian tribe.[49] Their chief town was Uscana.
Sardeates
Sardeates or Sardiotai was an Illyrian tribe close to Jajce.[32] Sardeates were later settled in Dacia.[50] The Sardeates had 52 decuriae.
Selepitani
Selepitani (Latin: Selepitani) was an Illyrian tribe located below the Lake Scutari.
Dalmatae
Dalmatae were an ancient Illyrian tribe. They were later Celticized.[51][52] The Delmatae had 342 decuriae.
Iapydes
The Iapydes or Japodes (Greek: Ἰάποδες Iapodes) were an ancient people who dwelt north of and inland from the Liburnians, off the Adriatic coast and eastwards of the Istrian peninsula. The first written mention of an Illyrian tribe known as "Iapydes" is by Hecataeus of Miletus.
Baridustae
Baridustae were an Illyrian tribe that was later settled in Dacia[50] along with Pirustae and Sardeates.The Baridustae was a Dalmatian tribe.[53]
Tariotes
The Tariotes were a subtribe of the Dalmatae that lived on the eastern Adriatic coast.[54]
Docleatae
Docleatae (Greek: Δοκλεᾶται Dokleatai) were an Illyrian tribe that lived in what is now Montenegro. Their capital was Doclea[55] (or Dioclea), and they are called after the town. They had settled west of the Morača river, up to Montenegro's present-day borders with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Docleatae were prominent for their cheese, which was exported to various Roman provinces within the Roman Empire.[56] They were composed of parts of the Taulantii, the Pleraei or Pyraei, Endirudini, Sasaei, Grabaei, Labeatae[33] that came together after the Great Illyrian revolt. The Docleatae had 33 decuriae.
Pleraei
Pleraei, Plarioi, Pyraei, Pleraioi, Plaraioi or Palarioi (Greek: Παλάριοι) was the name of an Illyrian tribe.[57]
Endirudini
Endirudini or Interphrourinoi (Greek: Ἰντερφρουρῖνοι)[58] was the name of an Illyrian tribe that became part of the Docleatae.[33]
Sasaei
Sasaei was the name of an Illyrian tribe that became part of the Docleatae.[33]
Grabaei
The Grabaei or Kambaioi (Greek: Καμβαῖοι)[58] were a minor Illyrian group that lived around Lake Scutari.[59]
Labeates
Labeates or Labeatae (Greek: Λαβεᾶται) was an Illyrian tribe that lived (after being defeated by Parmenio) around Scodra.[60]
Deraemestae
Deraemestae or Deraemistae was the name of an Illyrian tribe.[61] The Deraemestae was composed of parts[62] of several other tribes such as the Ozuaei, Taulantii, Partheni, Hemasini, Arthitae and Armistae. The Deramestae had 30 decuriae.
Oxuaioi
Ozuaei or Ozuaioi or Oxuaioi (Greek: Ὀξυαῖοι)[58] was the name of one of the tribes comprising the Deramestae.[62]
Hemasini
Hemasini or Hippasinoi (Greek: Ἱππασῖνοι)[63] was the name of one of the tribes comprising the Deramestae.[62]
Arthitae
Arthitae was the name of one of the tribes comprising the Deramestae.[62]
Armistae
Armistae was the name of one of the tribes comprising the Deramestae.[62]
Taulantii
Taulantii (Greek: Ταυλάντιοι) was the name of a cluster[64] of Illyrian tribes. According to Greek mythology Taulas (Tαύλας), one of the six sons of Illyrius, was the eponymous ancestor of the Taulantii.[65] They lived on the Adriatic coast of Illyria (modern Albania), between to the vicinity[66] of the city of Epidamnus (modern Durrës). This tribe played an important role in Illyrian history of the 4th-3rd centuries BC, when King Glaukias (ruled 335 – c. 302 BC) ruled over them. This tribe had become bilingual being under the effects of an early Hellenisation.[17] Taulantii could prepare mead, wine from honey like the Abri.[67]
Abri
Abri (Greek: Ἄβροι) were an Illyrian tribe.[68] They could prepare mead, a wine from honey, and were known to the Greeks for that method. They were Taulantii.[17]
Parthini
The Parthini or Partheni (Greek: Παρθηνοί, Παρθῖνοι, Παρθινοί)[69] were Illyrians, part of the Taulantii[70] who may be placed to the north in the mountainous[71] neighborhood of Epidamnus, and thus, next to the Taulantii. After the death of Philip, king of Macedon, they appear to have been added to the dominions of Pleuratus, an Illyrian prince allied to the Romans.[72] Their principal town was Parthus[73] which was taken by Caesar in the course of his campaign with Pompeius.[74] The double-hilled Dimale, the strongest among the Illyrian places, with two citadels on two heights, connected by a wall,[75] was within their territory. There is no indication, however, of its precise situation, which was probably between Lissus and Epidamnus. Livy (59 BC – 17 AD), mentions[76] two other fortesses: Eugenium and Bargulum. They had been affected by Hellenisation.[17] According to Robert Elsie, the tribe lived in modern day Albania, between Durres and Lezha, in the upper valley of the Shkumbin valley.[18]
Pannonian tribes
Pannonians (Greek: Παννόνιοι; Latin: Pannonii) were an Illyrian tribe, who inhabited the southern part of what was later known as Roman province of Pannonia, south of the river Drava (Dravus), and the northern part of the future Roman province of Dalmatia. The Pannonian tribes appear to have been Celticized.[77][78] Later, a number of Pannonians settled in Dacia.[79]
The Pannonians were not definitely subdued within the province of Illyricum until the Great Illyrian Revolt, which started in 6 AD when the Pannonians, together with the Dalmatians and other Illyrian tribes, revolted, and engaged the Roman Empire in a hard-fought campaign that lasted for three years, when they were finally overcome by the future emperor Tiberius and Germanicus in 9 AD. At that point, the province of Illyricum was dissolved, and its lands were divided between the new provinces of Pannonia in the north and Dalmatia in the south. The date of the division is unknown, most certainly after 20 AD but before 50 AD.
The Pannonian tribes inhabited the area between the river Drava and the Dalmatian coast. Early archaeology and onomastics show that they were culturally different from southern Illyrians, Iapodes, and the La Tène peoples commonly known as the Celts, though they were later Celticized. However, there are some cultural similarities between the Pannonians and Dalmatians. Many of the Pannonians lived in areas with rich iron ore deposits, so that iron mining and production was an important part of their economy before and after the Roman conquest. Apart from Segestica, the Pannonians did not have settlements of importance in pre-Roman times[80] that were actually Celtic. Ancient sources (Strabo, Pliny the Elder, Appian of Alexandria) mention few of the Pannonian[81] tribes by name, and historians and archaeologists have located some of them. Those tribes were:
Amantini
Amantini (Greek: Ἄμαντες) was the name of a Pannonian[82] Illyrian tribe.[83] They greatly resisted the Romans but were sold as slaves after their defeat.[84] The Amantini were close to Sirmium.[85] In a similar case to the Illyrian Atintani and the ancient Greek Atintanes or Atintanians, the Amantes were ancient Greeks whilst the Amantini Illyrians, from Pannonia[86] An ancient Greek polis with the name Amantia existed.[87]
Breuci
Breuci (Greek: Βρεῦκοι Breukoi) were Illyrians of the subtribe of Pannonians.[81] They greatly resisted the Romans but some were sold as slaves after their defeat.[84] They received Roman citizenship during Trajan's rule. It is likely that the name of the north-eastern Bosnian city Brčko is derived from the name of this tribe.[88] A number of Breuci settled in Dacia.[89]
Bato the Breucian of the Breuci tribe and Pinnes from Pannonia were among the leaders of the Great Illyrian Revolt, together with Bato the Daesitiate of the Daesitiates from Dalmatia.[90]
Colapiani
Colapiani was the name of an Illyrian tribe.[91] The Colapiani were created from the Pannonian Breuci[92] along with the Osseriates and the Celtic Varciani. They lived in the central and southern White Carniola, along the Kupa river, and were mentioned by Pliny the Elder and Ptolemy.[93] The archeologists Jaro Šašel and Dragan Božič have attributed the Vinica material culture to Colapiani,[94] but opinions are divided.[95]
Daesitiates
Daesitiates were an Illyrian tribe that lived in what is today central Bosnia and Herzegovina[96] during the time of the Roman Republic. Along with the Maezaei, the Daesitiates were part of the western group of Pannonians in Roman Dalmatia.[97] They were prominent from the end of the 4th century BC up until the beginning of the 3rd century AD. Evidence of their daily activities can be found in literary sources, as well as in the rich material finds that belong to the Central Bosnian cultural group. After nearly three centuries of political independence, the Daesitiates (and their polity) were conquered by Roman Emperor Augustus. Afterwards, the Daesitiates were incorporated into the province of Illyricum with a low total of 103 decuriae.[98]
Pirustae
Pirustae or Pyrissaei[99] (Greek: Πειροῦσται[100] or Πυρισσαῖοι)[58] were a Pannonian Illyrian[101] tribe that lived in modern Montenegro. According to some sources, they had also lived in territories outside of modern-day Montenegro, but the majority of archaeologists, including the famous British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans, say that the Pirustae had lived in northern Montenegro, around present-day Pljevlja and that they were prominent miners. Their prominence in mining has been seen in epigraphic monuments from Dacia's mining regions.[102] Pirustae along with other Pannonians and Illyrians like the Sardeates were later settled in Dacia (modern-day Romania).[50][103]
Scirtari
Scirtari or Scirtones were an Illyrian tribe.[104] Scirtari were part of the Pirustae.[47] The Scirtari had 72 decuriae.
Glintidiones
Glintidiones (Greek: Γλιντιδίωνες) were an Illyrian[105] tribe. The Glintidiones may have been part of the Pirustae.[47] The Glintidiones had 44 decuriae.
Ceraunii
Ceraunii (Greek: Κεραύνιοι Keraunioi) was the name of an Illyrian tribe that lived close to the Pirustae[106] in modern Montenegro. The Ceraunii were part of the Pirustae.[47] They had 24 decuriae.[107]
Siculotae
Siculotae or Sikoulotai were an Illyrian tribe.[108] The Siculotae were part of the Pirustae.[47] The Siculotae had 24 decuriae.
Segestani
Segestani (Greek: Σεγεστανοί Segestanoi) were Illyrians of the subtribe of Pannonians who inhabited the area around Segestica (modern-day Sisak in Croatia).[109]
In the 2nd century BC, the Segestani were attacked without lasting success by consuls Lucius Aurelius Cotta and an unidentified Cornelius.
In 35 BC, the Segestani were attacked by Augustus, who conquered and occupied Siscia.
Maezaei
Maezaei or Maizaioi or Mazaioi (Greek: Μαζαῖοι) were Illyrians of the subtribe of Pannonians.[110] The Maezaei had 269 decuriae.
Andizetes
Andizetes, also referred to as Andisetes (Greek: Ἀνδιζήτιοι), was a small Pannonian[111][112] tribe that lived in the territory of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. Not much is known about this tribe except that it is found on the list of Illyrian tribes that rose against the Roman Empire during the Great Illyrian Revolt. The personal name of Andes, a variant of the name Andis popular among the Illyrians of southern Pannonia and much of northern Dalmatia (corresponding roughly with modern Bosnia and Herzegovina), may be derived from the name of this tribe.[113] They started receiving Roman citizenship during Trajan's rule.[88]
Azali
Azali (Greek: Ἄζαλοι) was a tribe that inhabited Brigetio (now Szőny) in Noricum, transported there during the Roman conquest from southern Pannonia.[114] They had been deported after the 6–9 AD rebellion.[115] They, along with the Eravisci, inhabited the Fejér County during the Marcomannic Wars (166–180).[116] The civitas azaliorum included the Brigetio legionary fortress and surrounding settlements.[117]
Ditiones
Ditiones (Greek: Διτίωνες) were Illyrians of the subtribe of Pannonians.[81] The Ditiones had 239 decuriae.
Osseriates
Osseriates[119] (Latin: Oseriates), along with the Celtic Varciani and the Colapiani, were created from the Pannonian Breuci.
Illyrii proprie dicti
Illyrii proprie dicti[120] were the Illyrians proper, so called by Pliny (23–79 AD) in his Natural History. They later formed the Docleatae. They were the Taulantii, the Pleraei or Pyraei, the Endirudini, Sasaei, Grabaei, Labeatae. Illyrians proper were also some of the native communities of Roman Dalmatia.[121]
Thracian–Illyrian
Atintani
Atintani were a tribe in Illyria, north of Via Egnatia. Appian (95 – 165 AD) mentions them close to Epidamnus.[122] During the Illyrian Wars, the Atintani went over to the Romans and, according to Appian, Demetrius of Pharos tried to detach them from Roman authority. The Atintani seem to have originated from the obscure, perhaps Thracian Tynteni, only attested in coins.[123] The Atintani were ruled by the Thracian dynasty of the Peresadyes.[124]
Celtic
- Boii[126]
- Arabiates: migrated to Pannonia in Illyria.[127]
- Cornacates: migrated to Pannonia in Illyria.[128]
- Belgites: migrated to Pannonia in Illyria.[129]
- Tricornenses[130]
- Serretes: migrated to Pannonia in Illyria.[131] It is possible that they held the town Serota (possibly Virovitica), mentioned by Pliny.[132]
- Serrapilli[133] were a tribe that migrated to Upper Pannonia in Illyria. They together with the Serretes lived on both sides of the Drava.[134]
- Hercuniates: migrated to Pannonia in Illyria.[135] By the middle of the first century BC, the Hercuniates were a minor tribe that was located along a narrow band of Celtic settlement close to the Danube, on the western side of the river a little way west of modern Budapest. Their name comes from an ancient proto-Indo-European word for an oak. The tribe is referred to by Pliny and Ptolemy as a civitas peregrina, a wandering tribe that had travelled to Pannonia from foreign parts. Little else is known of them save that they were issuing their own coins by the second century BC.[136] By AD 40 the tribe was eventually subdued by Rome.
- Latobici[137]
- Scordisci[138]
- Dindari or Dindarii (Greek: Δινδάριοι)[139] a tribe that was a branch of the Scordisci.[140]
- Celegeri[2]
- Varciani[137]
- Posenoi: migrated to Pannonia in Illyria.[141] They were a community of the Iapodes.
- Japodes[142][143]
Dacian
Greek
Liburnian
In the early historical sources from the 8th century BC, the Liburnians were recorded by name or as separate ethnic groups; and as early as the 6th century BC, Hecateus noted that the Liburnians were also composed of Caulici, Mentores, Syopii and Hythmitae, probably narrow tribal communities. Later, in the 3rd century BC, Callimachus mentioned Mentores, Hymanes, Enchealae and Peucetias as those who once had been a part of them, Ismeni were also recorded as one of their communities.[144]
Iapygian/Messapian
Iapygians and Messapians did not dwell in Illyria, but in the heel of southern Italy. They could have had Illyrian origins[145] or some sort of link with Illyria.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Illyria & Illyrians. |
- List of ancient Illyrian peoples and tribes
- List of ancient Cities in Illyria
- List of ancient Cities in Thrace
- List of ancient tribes in Thrace
- List of rulers of Illyria
- List of rulers of Thrace
- List of Celtic tribes
References
- J. J. Wilkes, The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 92
- J. J. Wilkes, The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 217.
- Alan Bowman, The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC – AD 69, ISBN 0-521-26430-8, 1996, p. 579.
- Decuriae was a Roman term used by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History completed in 70 AD based on official registers. Each civitas had a number of decuriae assigned to it as an indication of its size. A Roman division of native peoples. (J. J. Wilkes, The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 215.)
- William Smith, LLD, Ed., Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, 1854
- History of the Byzantine Empire, 324–1453 By Alexander A. Vasiliev Edition: 2, illustrated. Published by Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1958 ISBN 0-299-80926-9, ISBN 978-0-299-80926-3 (page 613)
- History of the Balkans: Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by Barbara Jelavich Edition: reprint, illustrated. Published by Cambridge University Press, 1983 ISBN 0-521-27458-3, ISBN 978-0-521-27458-6 (page 25)
- The Indo-European languages By Anna Giacalone Ramat, Paolo Ramat Edition: illustrated. Published by Taylor & Francis, 1998 ISBN 0-415-06449-X, 9780415064491 (page 481)
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 216, "The Ardiaei, or Vardaei as they were known to the Romans, `once the ravagers of Italy' and now reduced to a mere"
- Appian and Illyricum by Marjeta Šašel Kos, " The Ardiaei were certainly also settled in the hinterland, along the Naro River at least as far as the Konjic region..."
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 188, "probably the result of pressure from new Illyrian groups, including the Ardiaei and Delmatae, moving towards the Adriatic..."
- J. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia, Tome 2 of History of the Provinces of the Roman Empire, 1969, page 400
- Pierre Cabanes: Les illyriens de Bardulis à Genthios (IVe–IIe siècles avant J.-C.). Paris: SEDES. 1988. p. 301.
- Neritan Ceka: The Illyrians to the Albanians. Tirana: Migjeni. 2013. pp. 229, 422.
- Appian: Roman History, Vol. IV, The Civil Wars, Books 3.27-5 (Loeb Classical Library No. 5) by Appian and Horace White, 1979, Index: 69, 71; IL 4, 22. Bastitani, Spanish tribe, Sp. Mi. Bathiatae, Illyrian tribe
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 97, "Beginning in the south the first Illyrians near the coast were the Bylliones beyond the river Aous in the hinterland of Apollonia. Their hill-settlement developed later into the town of Byllis..."
- The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC by D. M. Lewis (Editor), John Boardman (Editor), Simon Hornblower (Editor), M. Ostwald (Editor), ISBN 0-521-23348-8, 1994, page 423, "Through contact with their Greek neighbors some Illyrian tribe became bilingual (Strabo Vii.7.8.Diglottoi) in particular the Bylliones and the Taulantian tribes close to Epidamnus..."
- Elsie, Robert. "Early History of Albania" (PDF). www.albanianhistory.net. Robert Elsie.
- The central Balkan tribes in pre-Roman times: Triballi, Autariatae, Dardanians, Scordisci and Moesians by Fanula Papazoglu, 1978, ISBN 90-256-0793-4, page 247, "...which appears in the name of the Illyrian tribe of the Cavii..."
- The classical gazetteer: a dictionary of ancient geography, sacred and profane by William Hazlitt, 1851, "Epicaria a town of the Cavii in Illyria..."
- Rome and the Mediterranean: books XXXI-XLV of The history of Rome from its foundation by Livy, Henry Bettenson, ISBN 0-14-044318-5, 1976, page 580
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 98, "...named by the sixth-century writer Hecataeus as neighbours of the Chelidones, the 'snail-men', who may have lived on their northern borders towards the Mat or Drin valleys."
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, From back matter: "Surveys of ships on coins of the Daors tribe..."
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 216, "...to the Romans, 'once the ravagers of Italy' and now reduced to a mere 20 decuriae, and the Daorsi or Daversi..."
- I greci in Adriatico, Volume 2 by Lorenzo Braccesi, Mario Luni, page 152, "The Daorsi suffered directly from the attacks of the Delmatae and were understandably one of the first peoples to have left Gentius' half brother Caravantius and sought protection from the Roman state, placing their armed forces at the disposal of the Romans. After the war, they were rewarded by having been given immunity..."
- The magistrates of the Roman Republic. Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton, 1960:446, "Head of a commission sent, after the receipt of complaints from Issa and the Daorsi, to observe conditions in Illyria and Dalmatia..."
- The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC by D. M. Lewis (Editor), John Boardman (Editor), Simon Hornblower (Editor), M. Ostwald (Editor), 1994, ISBN 0-521-23348-8, page 423, "These Dassaretii not to be confused with the Greek speaking Dexari or Dessaretae..."
- The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC by D. M. Lewis (Editor), John Boardman (Editor), Simon Hornblower (Editor), M. Ostwald (Editor), 1994, ISBN 0-521-23348-8, page 423, "These Dassaretii not to be confused with the Greek speaking Dexari or Dessaretae lay between the Dardani and the coastal people of the Ardiaei..."
- "Appian's History of Rome: The Illyrian Wars §2". Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- J. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia, Tome 2 of History of the Provinces of the Roman Empire, 1969, page 157
- Appianus, Illyrica, "...και Δερβανοί προσιόντα τον Καίσαρα συγγνώμην..."
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 216, "...of southwest Bosnia, the Maezaei (269) of the Sana and Vrbas valleys, and the Sardeates (52) around Jajce and the Deuri (25) around Bugojno, both in the Vrbas valley."
- The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC-AD 69 (Volume 10) by Alan Bowman, Edward Champlin, and Andrew Lintott, 1996, page 577
- Neritan Ceka: The Illyrians to the Albanians. Tirana: Migjeni. 2005. p. 148: "Salona was the center of a conventus made up of the Dalmatians, with 342 decuriae; the Deuri, with 25; the Ditiones, with 239; the Mezei, with 60; and the Sardeates with 53."
- VII.7.5, "...περί α Δυέσται συνεστήσαντο την δυναστείαν και Εγχέλειοι ους και Σεσαρέθιους καλούσι..."
- Macedonia, Thrace and Illyria: their relations to Greece from the earliest... by Stanley Casson, page 321
- Strabo, Geography (ed. H.C. Hamilton, Esq., W. Falconer, M.A.), book 7, chapter 7: "...had established their sway, and Enchelii, who are also called Sesarethii. Then come the Lyncestæ, the territory Deuriopus, Pelagonia-Tripolitis..."
- Strabo Geography, Book 7.7
- John J. Wilkes, The Illyrians, 1996, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 96: "The Enchelei are an Illyrian people, who inhabit the land after Rhizon. From Bouthoe to Epidamnus, a Greek city...".
- Cadmus: "After having many children, Cadmus and Harmonia left Thebes in order to defend the Encheleans, a people living in southern Illyria, which is the region north of Epirus, and there defeated the Illyrian intruders..."
- John J. Wilkes, The Illyrians; 1996, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 98.
- John J. Wilkes, The Illyrians, 1996, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 99.
- Benac A., Ed. (1986): Bosna i Herzegovina / Bosnia and Herzegovia / Bosnien und Herzegowina. Svjetlost, Sarajevo.
- Šentija J., Ed. (1977): Opća enciklopedija Jugoslavenskog leksikografskog zavoda, 3: Foc-Iw. Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod, Zagreb.
- The Cambridge Ancient History by John Boardman, ISBN 0-521-26430-8, 1923, page 578, "Since they are listed among those peoples who submitted in 33 B.C. the Melcumani (24) are not likely to have lived any great distance from the coast. It has been suggested that they may..."
- Gaius Plinius Secundus' Historiae naturalis, Liber 3
- The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC-AD 69 (Volume 10) by Alan Bowman, Edward Champlin, and Andrew Lintott, 1996, page 578
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5 page 216, "...destination of one of the military roads constructed from Salona after the end of the war in AD 9. The Narensi (102) of the same conventus are likely to be named from the river Naron/Narenta..."
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5 page 172
- ALBURNUS MAIOR (Roşia Montană) Alba, Romania., "An important settlement, center of gold mining in Roman Dacia Superior, in the Apuseni mountains. In the hills of Cetatea Mare and Cetatea Mică, traces are preserved of ancient Roman mines. Under Trajan, Dalinatian colonists (Pirustae, Baridustae, Sardeates) settled here, each tribe dwelling in a separate village or quarter."
- The Oxford Classical Dictionary by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth, 2003, page 426
- A dictionary of the Roman Empire Oxford paperback reference, ISBN 0-19-510233-9, 1995, page 202, "...contact with the peoples of the Illyrian kingdom and at the Celticized tribes of the Delmatae..."
- Roman Dacia: the making of a provincial society by W. S. Hanson, Ian Haynes, 2004, page 22, "Outside the main urban centres, the best attested group of civilian immigrants is members of the Dalmatian tribes such as the Baridustae..."
- A. Mayer, Die Sprache der alten Illyrier I (Schriften der Balkankommission, Linguistiche Abteilung XV), VÖAW, 1957, p. 329.
- DOCLEA (Duklja) Crna Gora, Yugoslavia.
- Istorijski leksion Crne Gore: Č-J ISBN 86-7706-167-3
- Dalmatia, Tome 2 of History of the provinces of the Roman Empire by J. J. Wilkes, 1969, page 32
- Appianus, Illyrica, "Οξυαίους μεν δη και Περθεηνάτας, και Βαθιάτας και Ταυλαντίους, και Καμβαίους, και Κινάμβρους, και Μερρομένους, και Πυρισσαίους, είλε δι’ όλης πείρας, έργω δε μείζονι ελήφθησαν, και φόρους όσους εξέλιπον ηναγκάσθησαν αποδουναι, Δοκλεᾶται τε και Κάρνοι και Ιντερεφρουρίνοι και Ναρήσιοι και Γλιντιδίωνες και Ταυρίσκοι."
- Wilkes 1992, p. 121.
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 172, "...area, including Oaneum on a river Aratus, which controlled the route leading west to the kingdom of Gentius among the Labeates around Scodra."
- J. J. Wilkes, The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 257: "In Popovopolje the Deraemestae may have been incorporated within the new municipium at Diluntum (Ljubinje). Several cities were created in the more remote regions"
- Alan Bowman, Edward Champlin, and Andrew Lintott, The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC – AD 69, 1996, p. 577: "...figure in the warfare of the second century B.C. The Deraemestae (30) were a new formation from several smaller peoples in the hinterland of Epidaurum including the Ozuaei, Partheni, Hemasini, Arthitae and Armistae."
- J. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia, Tome 2 of History of the Provinces of the Roman Empire, 1969, p. 482.
- The Cambridge ancient history, Tome 6 by John Boardman, ISBN 0-521-85073-8, 1994, page 423
- Appian, The Foreign Wars, III, 1.2
- Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, 1.24.1, "The city of Epidamnus stands on the right of the entrance of the Ionic gulf. Its vicinity is inhabited by the Taulantians, an Illyrian people. The place is a colony from Corcyra, founded by Phalius, son of Eratocleides, of the family of the Heraclids, who had according to ancient usage been summoned for the purpose from Corinth, the mother country..."
- Food in the Ancient World (Food Through History) by Joan P. Alcock, ISBN 0-313-33003-4, 2005, page 91, "Aristotle described the process of making it by the Taulantii of Illyria, and Pliny commented on hydromeli made in Phrygia."
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 98, "...who may have belonged to the Taulantii, known to Greeks for their method of preparing mead from honey, were the Abri..."
- Strabo vii; Appian, Illyr. 1; Dio Cassius xli. 49; Cicero in Pis. 40; Pomponius Mela, ii. 3. § 11; Pliny iii. 26)
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 98, "the territory of the Illyrian Parthini, likely to have been part of the Taulantii until they first appear as Roman allies late in the third century..."
- ugustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor by Anthony Everitt,2006, page 144, "...he faced two challenges The first was posed by the Parthini an Illyrian tribe that occupied rough and mountain ous country..."
- Polybius xviii. 30; Livy xxx. 34, xliv. 30.
- Πάρθος, Stephanus of Byzantium s. v..
- (Julius Caesar Commentarii de Bello Civili iii. 41.
- Polybius iii. 18, vii. 9.
- Liv. 29 12
- Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth, The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 2003, p. 1106.
- A. Mocsy, S. Frere, "Pannonia and Upper Moesia", A History of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire, p. 152: "As already seen on Chapter 3 the Celtic and Celticized natives of Pannonia."
- Ion Grumeza, Dacia: Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe, ISBN 0-7618-4465-1, 2009, p. 51: "In a short time the Dacians imposed their conditions on the Anerati, Boii, Eravisci, Pannoni, Scordisci..."
- John T. Koch (2006). Celtic Culture. p. 1662. ISBN 1-85109-440-7.
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 203, "Papirius Carbo. Strabo (7.5, 3) identifies the Pannonian peoples as Breuci, Andizetes, Ditiones, Pirustae, Maezaei and Daesitiates."
- J. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia, Tome 2 of History of the Provinces of the Roman Empire, 1969, page 534
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 218, "Except for the Latobici and Varciani, whose names are Celtic, the civitates of Colapiani, Jasi, Breuci, Amantini and Scordisci were Illyrian."
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 207, "The war was a savage affair and the main resistance to the Romans came from the Breuci and Amantini in the Sava valley. The young males were rounded up and sold as slaves in Italy, a quite exceptional action"
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 81, "the Breuci with Scilus Bato, Blaedarus, Dasmenus, Dasius, Surco, Sassaius, Liccaius and Lensus, and the Amantini and Scordisci around Sirmium with Terco and Precio, Dases and Dasmenus"
- (See The Illyrian Atintani, the Epirotic Atintanes and the Roman Protectorate N. G. L. Hammond, The Journal of Roman Studies Vol. 79 (1989), pp. 11-25 "There were Illyrian Amantini in Pannonia and Greek Amantes in North Epirus")
- In An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis by Mogens Herman, ISBN 0-19-814099-1, 2004, page 342
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 256, "...reign of Trajan (AD 98-117), does the Roman citizenship begin to appear among the Illyrian communities of southeast Pannonia, the Andizetes, Scordisci and Breuci."
- Dacia: Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe by Ion Grumeza, ISBN 0-7618-4465-1,2009, page 51, "Many Scordisci and Breuci settled in Dacia nevertheless and were eventually absorbed into the local population."
- The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC-AD 69 (Volume 10) by Alan Bowman, Edward Champlin, and Andrew Lintott, 1996, page 176, "Daesitiates was soon matched by rebellion of the Breuci in Pannonia, headed by Pinnes and another Bato."
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 81, "In Roman Pannonia the Latobici and Varciani who dwelt east of the Venetic Catari in the upper Sava valley were Celtic but the Colapiani of the Colapis (Kulpa) valley were Illyrians..."
- The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC-AD 69 (Volume 10) by Alan Bowman, ISBN 0-521-26430-8, 1996, page 579
- Oto Luthar (2008). "Prehistory: History Created by Archaeology". The Land Between: A History of Slovenia. Peter Lang. p. 36. ISBN 978-3-631-57011-1.
- "Ljudje ob Krki in Kolpi v latenski dobi" [People Along Krka and Kolpa in the La Tène Period]. Arheološki vestnik (in Slovenian, German, and English). Institute of Archaeology, Slovenian Academy of Arts and Sciences. 52: 181–198. 2001.
- Weiss, Janez (2007). "Sprehod po zgodovini Črnomlja od konca bronaste dobe do novega veka" [The Walk Through the History of Črnomelj from the End of the Bronze Age to the Modern Era]. Črnomelj.si (in Slovenian). Municipality of Črnomelj. Archived from the original on 31 May 2013.
- Wilkes 1992, p. 207.
- Wilkes 1992, p. 80.
- Wilkes 1992, p. 216.
- J. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia, Tome 2 of History of the Provinces of the Roman Empire, 1969, page 155
- Strabo's Geography 4.3
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 207, "...the imperial triumphs over individual peoples. Among the several Illyrian groups singled out were Japodes, Dardanians, Pannonian Andizetes and Pirustae."
- Istorijski Leksilon Crne Gore: Č-J ISBN 86-7706-167-3
- The Cambridge Ancient History, Part 1, The Prehistory of the Balkans, the Middle East and the Aegean World, Tenth to Eighth Centuries BC, 2nd Edition, by John Boardman ISBN 978-0-521-22496-3 | ISBN 0-521-22496-9
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5 page 217, "... whose name deriving from the Greek for`thunderbolt' links them with high mountains, Siculotae (24), Glintidiones (44) and Scirtari, who dwelt along the border with Macedonia. In northeast Bosnia the Dindari are located by the record of one of..."
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 217, "...with high mountains, Siculotae (24), Glintidiones (44) and Scirtari, who dwelt along the border with Macedonia. In northeast Bosnia the Dindari are located by the record of one of their chiefs (principes) in the Drina valley..."
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 217, "Pirustae, who inhabited the high valleys of southeast Bosnia and northern Montenegro, seem to have been divided between the Ceraunii (24 decuriae)..."
- J. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia, Tome 2 of History of the Provinces of the Roman Empire, 1969, page 485
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5 page 217, "...whose name deriving from the Greek for`thunderbolt' links them with high mountains, Siculotae (24), Glintidiones (44) and Scirtari, who dwelt along the border with Macedonia. In northeast Bosnia the Dindari are located by the record of one of ..."
- Rome and the Barbarians, 100 B.C.--A.D. 400 by Thomas S. Burns, ISBN 0-8018-7306-1, 2003, page 200, "... Appian's account depicts a situation in which the inhabitants of Siscia (Σεγεστική Segestike, therefore "the Segestani") appealed in vain for aid from fellow Pannonians in their vicinity, but these people were reluctant to get involved, preferring..."
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 80, "Among the Pannonians within Roman Dalmatia the western groups, including the Maezaei and Daesitiates, exhibit few outside connections, and those are with Delmatae immediately to the south, though in Alföldy's view the two groups..."
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 207
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 203: "...Papirius Carbo. Strabo (7.5, 3) identifies the Pannonian peoples as Breuci, Andizetes, Ditiones, Pirustae, Maezaei and Daesitiates"
- Wilkes, John; The Illyrians, Oxford
- Wilkes 1992, p. 81.
- Wilkes 1992, p. 217.
- András Mócsy (1959). Die Bevölkerung von Pannonien: bis zu den Markomannenkriegen. Verlag der Ungarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. pp. 54–.
- Jane Fejfer; Mette Moltesen; Annette Rathje (9 April 2015). Tradition: Transmission of Culture in the Ancient World. Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 29–. ISBN 978-87-635-4258-6.
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 257, "Pannonian Illyrians include that of the Jasi..."
- The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC-AD 69 (Volume 10) by Alan Bowman, Edward Champlin, and Andrew Lintott, 1996, page 579,
- J. J. Wilkes, The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 216.
- J. J. Wilkes, The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 92.
- Appian, Illyrian Wars, App. Ill. 2.
- The Cambridge Ancient History: Persia, Greece and the Western Mediterranean ... by John Boardman, 1988, ISBN 0-521-22804-2, page 496, "The issuing authorities were tribes as far afield as the 'Tynteni' (later Atintani)... "
- A History of Macedonia: 550-336 B.C
- The Illyrians (The Peoples of Europe) by John Wilkes, 1996, ISBN 978-0-631-19807-9, page 111.
- A. Mocsy and S. Frere, Pannonia and Upper Moesia. A History of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire. p. 14.
- Körpergräber des 1.-3. Jahrhunderts in der römischen Welt: internationales Kolloquium, Frankfurt am Main, 19.-20. November 2004 by Andrea Faber, ISBN 3-88270-501-9, p. 144.
- Rimska vojska u Sremu by Velika Dautova-Ruševljan, Miroslav Vujović, 2006, p. 131: "...extended as far as Ruma whence continued the territory of another community named after the Celtic tribe of Cornacates..."
- Noricum Tome 3 of History of the Provinces of the Roman Empire by Géza Alföldy, 1974, p. 69.
- The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC-AD 69 (Volume 10) by Alan Bowman, Edward Champlin, and Andrew Lintott, 1996, page 580, "...580 I3h. DANUBIAN AND BALKAN PROVINCES Tricornenses of Tricornium (Ritopek) replaced the Celegeri, the Picensii of Pincum..."
- Dubravka Balen-Letunič, 40 godina arheoloških istraživanja u sjeverozapadnoj Hrvatskoj, 1986, p. 52: "...and the Celtic Serretes..."
- Smith, p. 969
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) William Smith, LLD, Ed., The following are the principal tribes noticed by the ancients in Pannonia; some of them, it must be observed, are decidedly Celtic. In Upper Pannonia we meet with the AZALI, CYTNI, BOII, COLETIANI, OSERIATES, SERRETES, SERRAPILLI
- Bostock, J.; Riley, H.T. (1855). The Natural History of Pliny. 1. Henry G. Bohn. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- John T. Koch, Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia, ISBN 1-85109-440-7, 2006, p. 907.
- Hercuniates (Gauls) – The History files
- J. J. Wilkes, The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 81: "In Roman Pannonia the Latobici and Varciani who dwelt east of the Venetic Catari in the upper Sava valley were Celtic but the Colapiani of ..."
- J. J. Wilkes, The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 140: "...Autariatae at the expense of the Triballi until, as Strabo remarks, they in their turn were overcome by the Celtic Scordisci in the early third century..."
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 217, "...with high mountains, Siculotae (24), Glintidiones (44) and Scirtari, who dwelt along the border with Macedonia. In northeast Bosnia the Dindari are located by the record of one of their chiefs (principes) in the Drina valley..."
- Population and economy of the eastern part of the Roman province of Dalmatia, 2002, ISBN 1-84171-440-2, p. 24, "...the Dindari were a branch of the Scordisci..."
- J. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia, Tome 2 of History of the Provinces of the Roman Empire, 1969, pp. 154 and 482.
- Charles Anthon, A Classical Dictionary: Containing The Principal Proper Names Mentioned In Ancient Authors, Part One, 2005, p. 539, "...elevated, a mountain. (Strabo, 293)"; "the Iapodes (Strabo, 313), a Gallo-Illyrian race occupying the valleys of..."
- J. J. Wilkes, The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 79: "...along with the evidence of name formulae, a Venetic element among the Japodes. A group of names identified by Alföldy as of Celtic origin: Ammida, Andes, Iaritus, Matera, Maxa,..."
- Š. Batović, Liburnska kultura, Matica Hrvatska i Arheološki muzej Zadar, Zadar, 2005, UDK: 904 (398 Liburnija), ISBN 953-6419-50-5, pages 64-66
- The Oxford Classical Dictionary by Simon Hornblower, ISBN 0-19-860641-9, 2003, page 431
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 183, "We may begin with the Venetic peoples, Veneti, Carni, Histri and Liburni, whose language set them apart from the rest of the Illyrians..."
- Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 81, "In Roman Pannonia the Latobici and Varciani who dwelt east of the Venetic Catari in the upper Sava valley were Celtic but the Colapiani of the Colapis (Kulpa) valley were Illyrians..."
- Structure and Scale in the Roman Economy by Richard Duncan-Jones,2002, page 164, "This allowed the city to draw on the Carni and Catali (tribes 'attributed' to Tergeste by Augustus) for new supplies of..."
- The classical gazetteer: a dictionary of ancient geography, sacred and profane by William Hazlitt, 1851, page 311, "SECUSSES, a people of Histria"
- The Cambridge Ancient History by Alan K. Bowman, ISBN 0-521-26430-8, page 575
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.