NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Illyricum (Roman province)

Illyricum was the Roman province established in place of the former kingdom of Illyria. It stretched from the Drin river in modern Albania to Istria (Slovenia/Croatia) in the north and the Sava river (Bosnia/Croatia) in the east. Its capital was located at Salonae near modern Split in Croatia. Image File history File links REmpire-Illyricum. ... Image File history File links REmpire-Illyricum. ... Map of the Roman Empire, with the provinces, after 120. ... Illyria Illyria (Anc. ... The Drin (Ð”Ñ€Ð¸Ð¼ / Drim in Macedonian and in Serbian) is the longest river in Albania, which empties into the Adriatic Sea near the city of LezhÃ« and the river Buna (Bojana in Serbian) near Rozafa. ... Coat of arms Istria (Istra, pronounced in Croatian and Slovenian; Istria, pronounced in Italian, Istrien, pronounced in German) is the biggest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. ... Sava also Save (in Serbian: Ð¡Ð°Ð²Ð°; German: Save; Hungarian: SzÃ¡va) is a river in Europe, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ... Motto: none Anthem: Intermeco Capital Sarajevo Largest city Sarajevo Official language(s) Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Government Republic - Presidency members Sulejman TihiÄ‡1 (Bosniak) Borislav Paravac (Serb) Ivo Miro JoviÄ‡ (Croat) - Chairman of the Council of Ministers Adnan TerziÄ‡ Independence From Yugoslavia - Recognized 6 April 1992 Area - Total 51,197 km... Solin (It. ... Split (Italian: Spalato, Latin: Spalatum, Greek: Aspalathos) is the largest and most important city in Dalmatia, the administrative center of Croatias Split-Dalmatia County. ...

The kingdom of Illyria was conquered in 168 BC, when the Romans defeated the army of the Illyrian king Gentius. From 167 BC, southern Illyria became formally independent Roman protectorate. Gentius was the last king of Illyria. ...

The region had considerable strategic and economic importance for the Romans. It possessed a number of important commercial ports along its coastline, and had gold mines in its interior regions. Illyria was also the starting point of the Via Egnatia, the great Roman road that ran from Dyrrachium (modern Durazzo), on the Adriatic, to Byzantium in the east. General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ... Ancient Via Egnatia route Via Egnatia (Greek: Î•Î³Î½Î±Ï„Î¯Î± ÎŸÎ´ÏŒÏ‚) was a road constructed by the Romans around 146 BC. It was named after Gnaeus Egnatius, proconsul of Macedonia, who ordered its construction. ... A Roman road in Pompeii The Roman roads were essential for the growth of their empire, by enabling them to move armies. ... The Greek city of Epidamnos (Strabo Geography vi. ... Durrës (Photo by Marc Morell) Durrës (Albanian: Durrës or Durrësi) is the most ancient city of Albania and one of the most economically important as the biggest port city. ... The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. ... Byzantium was an ancient Greek city-state, which according to legend was founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas or Byzantas (Î’ÏÎ¶Î±Ï‚ or Î’ÏÎ¶Î±Î½Ï„Î±Ï‚ in Greek). ...

In 59 BC, after the Lex Vatinia, Illyricum was assigned as provincia together with Cisalpine Gaul (zone of responsibility rather than the province as is understood today) to Caesar. No province was established until Octavian's wars in Illyricum 35-33 BC and first mention of province Illyricum is in the context of Augustan settlement of 27 BC. At the same time the southernmost part of the region (most of today's Albania) became part of Macedonia.

The province of Illyricum was subsequently enlarged as the Romans expanded their power in the region through a series of wars known as Pannonian wars (Bellum Pannonicum) 12-9 BC fought against group of peoples known as the Pannonians. Subsequent to 10 (some scholars as Jeno Fitz move this date to middle-late Claudian era c. 20-35), after a revolt of Pannonians and Dalmatians known a rebellion of Bato (Bellum Batonianum, 6-9) was crushed in 9, 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 name continued to be used to refer to the region and was later applied by the emperor Diocletian to the Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum, one of four prefectures that he established, which encompassed Pannonia, Noricum, Crete, and the whole Balkan peninsula except Thrace. Position of the Roman province of Pannonia Pannonia is an ancient country bounded north and east by the Danube, conterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. ... Events Differentiation of localized Teutonic tribes of the Irminones. ... Position of the Roman province of Pannonia Pannonia is an ancient country bounded north and east by the Danube, conterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. ... Dalmatia (Croatian Dalmacija, Italian Dalmazia, Serbian Далмација) is a region of Croatia on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, spreading between the island of Pag in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. ... Bato is the name of three places in the Philippines: Bato is a Illyrian (Albanian) male name. ... This article is about the year 9. ... Position of the Roman province of Pannonia Pannonia is an ancient country bounded north and east by the Danube, conterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. ... Map of Croatia with Dalmatia highlighted Dalmatia (Croatian: Dalmacija Serbian: Ð”Ð°Ð»Ð¼Ð°Ñ†Ð¸Ñ˜Ð°) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Gulf of Kotor (Boka Kotorska) in the southeast. ... Emperor Diocletian. ... map of the praetorian prefecture of Illyricum, 318-379 AD The Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum (also termed simply the Prefecture of Illyricum) was one of four large prefectures (see Praetorian prefecture) into which the Late Roman Empire was divided. ... The term prefecture (from the Latin Praefectura) indicates the office, seat, territorial circonscription of a Prefect; consequentally, like that word, is its applied in English in relation to actual Prefects, whose title is just that (or the forms it takes in other, especially Romance, languages), in the broadest sense in... Position of the Roman province of Pannonia Pannonia is an ancient country bounded north and east by the Danube, conterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. ... Noricum in ancient geography was a celtic kingdom in Austria and later a province of the Roman Empire. ... Crete (Greek: ÎšÏÎ®Ï„Î· KrÃti; Turkish: Girit) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Thrace (Bulgarian: Ð¢Ñ€Ð°ÐºÐ¸Ñ, Trakiya; Greek: Î˜ÏÎ¬ÎºÎ·, ThrÃ¡kÄ“; Latin: Thracia or Threcia, Turkish: Trakya, Macedonian: Ð¢Ñ€Ð°ÐºÐ¸Ñ˜Ð°) is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. ...

The region's native peoples were renowned for their military prowess and they became an important source of manpower for the Roman army. Several notable Roman emperors came from the region, including Aurelian, Claudius II, Constantine I and Diocletian as well as the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. Soldiers of the Roman Army (on manoeuvres in Nashville, Tennessee) Rome was a militarized state whose history was often closely entwined with its military history over the 1228 years that the Roman state is traditionally said to have existed. ... Roman Emperor is the term historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (September 9, 214â€“275), known in English as Aurelian, Roman Emperor (270â€“275), was the second of several highly successful soldier-emperors who helped the Roman Empire regain its power during the latter part of the third century and the beginning of the fourth. ... Claudius Gothicus on a coin celebrating his equity (AEQUITAS AUGUSTI). ... Head of Constantines colossal statue at Musei Capitolini Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus[1] (February 27, 272â€“May 22, 337), commonly known as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or (among Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic[2] Christians) Saint Constantine, was a Roman Emperor, proclaimed Augustus by his troops on... Emperor Diocletian. ... Justinian I depicted on one of the famous mosaics of the Basilica of San Vitale. ...

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