Talk:List of Illyrians

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Roman emperors and later on are people that came from the province of Illyricum and not ethnic Illyrians.They are called Illyricani and not Illyriani.This applied to all romans.Maximinus the Thrax was from the province of Thrace but he had a goth father and an Alan mother.Megistias (talk) 14:03, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Not ethnic Illyrians

The credit belongs a group of "illyrian" emperors so called because some of them came from the province of Illyricum,The Ancient World: 1200 BC to AD 500,by Luigi ParetiMegistias (talk) 14:13, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

"These men are usually called the Illyrian emperors since they all were born in

that province and were raised to power by legions stationed there".page 546,The Ancient World by Joseph Ward SwainMegistias (talk) 14:15, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

A History of the Ancient World -page 505 by George Willis Botsford - History, Ancient

"Most of them were natives of Illyricum and its neighborhood, and hence axe called Illyrian emperors. As the people of that region were now largely German"Megistias (talk) 14:18, 4 January 2008 (UTC)