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ΑΜΑΝΤΙΑ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΙΛΛΥΡΙΑ
Amantia (Amantia: Eth. Amantieus, Steph. B. s. v.; Amantinos, Ptol.
ii. 16. § 3; Amantinus, Plin. iv. 10. s. 17. § 35; Amantianus, Caes. B.C. iii.
12; Amantes, Etym. M. s. v.; Amantes, Plin. iii. 23. s. 26. § 45), a town and
district in Greek Illyria. It is said to have been founded by the Abantes of Euboea,
who, according to tradition, settled near the Ceraunian mountains, and founded
Amantia and Thronium. From hence the original name of Amantia is said to have
been Abantia, and the surrounding country to have been called Abantis. (Steph.
B. s. v. Abantis, Amantia; Etym. M. s. v. Amantes; Paus. v. 22. § 3.) Amantia
probably stood at some distance from the coast, S. of the river Aous, and on a
tributary of the latter, named Polyanthes. (Lycophr. 1043.) It is placed by Leake
at Nivitza, where there are the remains of Hellenic walls. This site agrees with
the distances afforded by Scylax and the Tabular Itinerary, the former of which
places Amantia at 320 stadia, and the latter at 30 Roman miles from Apollonia.
Ptolemy speaks of an Amantia on the coast, and another town of the same name inland;
whence we may perhaps infer that the latter had a port of the same name, more
especially as the language of Caesar (B.C. iii. 40) would imply that Amantia was
situated on the coast. Amantia was a place of some importance in the civil wars
between Caesar and Pompey; and it continued to be mentioned in the time of the
Byzantine emperors. (Caes. B.C. iii. 12, 40; Cic. Phil. xi. 1. 1; Leake, Ancient
Greece, vol. i. p. 375, seq.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited July 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
ΔΑΛΜΑΤΙΑ (Αρχαία χώρα) ΑΛΒΑΝΙΑ
ΛΙΣΣΟΣ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΙΛΛΥΡΙΑ
Issus (Lissos, Strab. vii. p. 316; Ptol. ii. 16. § 5; Steph. B.; Hierocles;
Peut. Tab.), a town of Illyricum, at the mouth of the river Drilo. Dionysius the
elder, in his schemes for establishing settlements among the Illyrian tribes,
founded Lissus. (Diod. xv. 13.) It was afterwards in the hands of the Illyrians,
who, after they had been defeated by the Romans, retained this port, beyond which
their vessels were not allowed to sail. (Polyb. ii. 12.) B.C. 211, Philip of Macedon,
having surprised the citadel Acrolissus, compelled the town to surrender. (Polyb.
viii. 15.) Gentius, the Illyrian king, collected his forces here for the war against
Rome. (Liv. xliv. 30.) A body of Roman citizens was stationed there by Caesar
(B.C. iii. 26 - 29) to defend the town; and Pliny (iii. 26), who says that it
was 100 M.P. from Epidaurus, describes it as oppidum civium Romanorum. Constantine
Porphyrogeneta (de Adm. Imp. c. 30) calls it Helissos, and it now bears the name
of Lesch. (Leake, Northern Greece, vol. iii. p. 477; Schafarik, Slav. Alt. vol.
ii. p. 275.)
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ΔΑΛΜΑΤΙΑ (Αρχαία χώρα) ΑΛΒΑΝΙΑ
Dalmatia or Delmatia. A part of the country along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, included under the general name of Illyricum, and separated from Liburnia on the north by the Titius (Kerka), and from Greek Illyria on the south by the Drilo (Drino), thus nearly corresponding to the modern Dalmatia. The capital was Dalminium or Delminium, from which the country derived its name. The next most important town was Salona, the residence of Diocletian. The Dalmatians were a brave and warlike people and gave much trouble to the Romans. In B.C. 119, their country was overrun by L. Metellus, who assumed, in consequence, the surname Dalmaticus, but they continued independent of the Romans. In B.C. 39, they were defeated by Asinius Pollio, of whose Dalmatic triumph Horace speaks; but it was not till the year 23 that they were finally subdued by Statilius Taurus. They took part in the great Pannonian revolt under their leader Bato ; but after a three years' war were again reduced to subjection by Tiberius, in A.D. 9.
ΙΛΛΥΡΙΑ (Αρχαία χώρα) ΑΛΒΑΝΙΑ
or Illyris, more rarely Illyria (to Illurikon, Illuris, Illuria),
included, in its widest signification, all the land west of Macedonia and east
of Italy and Rhaetia, extending south as far as Epirus, and north as far as the
valleys of the Savus and Dravus, and the junction of these rivers with the Danube.
This wide extent of country was inhabited by numerous Illyrian tribes, all of
whom were more or less barbarous. They were probably of the same origin as the
Thracians. The country was divided into two parts. (1) Illyris Barbara or Romana,
the Roman province of Illyricum, extended along the Adriatic sea from Italy (Istria),
from which it was separated by the Arsia, to the river Drilo, and was bounded
on the east by Macedonia and Moesia Superior, from which it was separated by the
Drinus, and on the north by Pannonia, from which it was separated by the Dravus.
It thus comprehended a part of the modern Croatia, the whole of Dalmatia, almost
the whole of Bosnia, and a part of Albania. It was divided in ancient times into
three districts, according to the tribes by which it was inhabited--Iapydia, the
interior of the country on the north, from the Arsia to the Tedanius; Liburnia,
along the coast from the Arsia to the Titius; and Dalmatia, south of Liburnia,
along the coast from the Titius to the Drilo. The Liburnians submitted at an early
time to the Romans; but it was not till after the conquest of the Dalmatians,
in the reign of Augustus, that the entire country was organized as a Roman province.
From this time the Illyrians, and especially the Dalmatians, formed an important
part of the Roman legion. (2) Illyris Graeca, or Illyria Propria, also called
Epirus Nova, extended from the Drilo, along the Adriatic, to the Ceraunian Mountains,
which separated it from Epirus proper; it was bounded on the east by Macedonia.
It thus embraced the greater part of the modern Albania.
It was a mountainous country, but possessed some fertile land
on the coast. Its principal rivers were the Aous, Apsus, Genusus, and Panyasus.
In the interior was an important lake, the Lychnitis. On the coast there were
the Greek colonies of Epidamnus, afterwards Dyrrhachium, and Apollonia. It was
at these places that the celebrated Via Egnatia commenced, which ran through Macedonia
to Byzantium. The country was inhabited by various tribes--Atintanes, Taulantii,
Parthini, Dassaretae, etc. In early times they were troublesome and dangerous
neighbours to the Macedonian kings. They were subdued by Philip, the father of
Alexander the Great, who defeated and slew in battle their king, Bardylis, in
B.C. 359. After the death of Alexander the Great, most of the Illyrian tribes
recovered their independence. At a later time the injury which the Roman trade
suffered from their piracies brought against them the arms of the Republic. The
forces of their queen, Teuta, were easily defeated by the Romans, and she was
obliged to purchase peace by the surrender of part of her dominions and the payment
of an annual tribute (B.C. 229). The second Illyrian war was finished by the Romans
with the same ease. It was commenced by Demetrius of Pharos, who was guardian
of Pineus, the son of Agron, but he was conquered by the consul Aemilius Paulus
in 219. Pineus was succeeded by Pleuratus, who cultivated friendly relations with
the Romans. His son Gentius formed an alliance with Perseus, king of Macedonia,
against Rome; but he was conquered by the praetor L. Anicius, in the same year
as Perseus (168); whereupon Illyria, as well as Macedonia, became subject to Rome.
In the new division of the Empire under Constantine, Illyricum formed one of the
great provinces. It was divided into Illyricum Occidentale, which included Illyricum
Propria, Pannonia, and Noricum, and Illyricum Orientale, which comprehended Dacia,
Moesia, Macedonia, and Thrace.
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ΛΙΣΣΑ (Νησί) ΑΛΒΑΝΙΑ
Issa. The modern Lissa; a small island in the Adriatic Sea, with a town of the same name, off the coast of Dalmatia, said to have derived its name from Issa, daughter of Macareus of Lesbos, who was beloved by Apollo. (Ovid, Met.vi. 124). The island was inhabited by a hardy race of sailors, whose barks (lembi Issaei) were much prized.
ΙΛΛΥΡΙΑ (Αρχαία χώρα) ΑΛΒΑΝΙΑ
Region along the coast of the Adriatic
Sea facing Italy spanning
from northwestern Greece
all the way to what is today the Venice
area. The people of Illyria was considered “barbarous” by the Greeks
(that is, not speaking Greek).
Greek settlements were established in the southern part of Illyria,
including the city of Epidamnus,
a colony of Corcyra (itself
a colony of Corinth).
Bernard Suzanne (page last updated 1998), ed.
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On the right bank of the lower Aous, a steep-sided hill is fortified with a circuit wall ca. 1900 m long. An ancient road enters the city between two towers of ashlar masonry and foundations of houses are visible inside. Some magistrates of the city are named on an inscribed block in a house of the modern village. Religious and funerary reliefs of Hellenistic and Roman times come from the site. Literary evidence suggests that it was Amantia, the chief city of the Amantes, who issued coins.
N.G.L. Hammond, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
ΛΙΣΣΟΣ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΙΛΛΥΡΙΑ
An important Illyrian city on the left bank of the Drin where it enters
the marshy coastal plain of the Adriatic Sea. The site is a steep-sided high hill,
overlooking the river. There are remains of prehistoric and later settlements
on the hill, but the extensive fortifications date from the late 4th c. B.C.,
the styles of the masonry being polygonal and trapezoidal. Later repairs and additions
were made in the 1st c. s.c.; Caesar (BCiv 3.29.1) mentions them, and an inscription
preserves the names of the magistrates who were in charge of the work. The acropolis
on the hilltop is defended by a circuit wall; the lower town, extending down to
the bank of the river, was itself fortified by a circuit wall appended to that
of the acropolis. Dionysius of Syracuse and later Philip V of Macedon laid claim
to the city (D.S. 15.13.4 and 15.14.2; Polyb. 8.15). In antiquity the main bed
of the Drin lay farther N and Lissos itself was a port of some consequence because
it gave access not only to the hinterland but to the route via the White Drin
into the Central Balkan area. Lissos issued coinage.
N.G.L. Hammond, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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