List of Illyrian cities

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This is a list of Illyrian cities or cities in Illyria, founded by Illyrians, Romans, or Greeks located in Illyrian lands or on the border of Illyrian lands.

Distribution of cities in antiquity in the border of southern Illyria with Greeks and Thracians
Distribution of cities in antiquity in the border of southern Illyria with Greeks and Thracians

Contents

[edit] Cities

[edit] Illyrian

[edit] Venetic

[edit] Greek

[edit] Roman


[edit] References

  1. ^ Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992,ISBN 0631198075,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. ..."
  2. ^ Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992,ISBN 0631198075,Page 96,"... whose land is the city Epidamnus. A river flows by the city, by name the Palamnus. Then from Epidamnus to Apollonia, a Greek city, the journey on foot takes two days. Apollonia lies fifty stades from the sea and the river ..."
  3. ^ Public Organization in Ancient Greece: A Documentary Study - by Nicholas F. Jones - 1987,ISBN 0-87169-176-0
  4. ^ Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992,ISBN 0631198075,page 96,"From Bouthoe to Epidamnus, a Greek city, the ..."
  5. ^ Diodorus Siculus, "Library", 15.1
  6. ^ Lonely Planet Eastern Europe by Paul Greenway ,page 852,"Founded by the Greeks, Ulcinj"
  7. ^ Croatia, 2nd: The Bradt Travel Guide Croatiaby Piers Letcher , 2005,ISBN-10: 1841621137,page 225: "... History Trogir started out in the 3rd century ut; as Tragurion, an offshoot of the Greek colony of Issa (on Vis), ..."
  8. ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation,ISBN-10: 0198140991,2005,page 1333,"refounded as a Hellenic Byllis not yet a polls in 400"
  9. ^ Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992,ISBN 0631198075,Page 114,"... in the early history of the colony settled in 385 BC on the island Pharos (Hvar) from the Aegean island Paros, famed for its marble. In traditional fashion they accepted the guidance of an oracle, ..."

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