Illyria
Illyria (
Albanian Iliria
Ancient Greek ;
Latin Illyria (see also
Illyricum) was in
Classical antiquity a region in the western part of today's
Balkan Peninsula, founded by the tribes and clans of
Illyrians, an ancient people who spoke the
Illyrian languages. In
Greek mythology,
Illyrius was the son of
Cadmus and
Harmonia who eventually ruled Illyria and become the
eponymous ancestor of the whole Illyrian people. The delineation of ancient Illyria can pose a problem to historians, since before the Roman conquest the Illyrians were not unified into an Illyrian kingdom, and Illyria's borders before Rome are not always clear. For example, the
Dalmatae, though classed as an Illyrian tribe by language, were only subject to the kingdom of Illyria for a short time and soon defected during the reign of
King Gentius. In the first decades under Byzantine rule (until 461), Illyria suffered the devastation of raids by Visigoths, Huns, and Ostrogoths. Not long after these barbarian invaders swept through the Balkans, the Slavs appeared. Between the 6th and 8th centuries they settled in Illyrian territories and proceeded to assimilate Illyrian tribes in much of what is now Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia.
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