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Ardiaei

Ardiaei proper noun: an Illyrian nation that occupied the territory of present-day Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia from the 3rd century BC to 168 BC.

Proper noun

Ardiaei

  1. An Illyrian nation that occupied the territory of present-day Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia from the 3rd century BC to 168 BC.
    • The Ardiaei were certainly also settled in the hinterland, along the Naro River at least as far as the Konjic region, where they bordered on the Autariatae, against whom they had fought over some inmportant salt-springs, as is known from Strabo2005, Marjeta Šašel Kos, Appian and Illyricum, page 320
    • Rome sent forces across the Adriatic in 229 and 219 to suppress intense piracy centered on the Illyrian tribe of the Ardiaei — and the political consequences were minimal. The Ardiaean monarchy, whose warships had caused serious trouble in the Straits of Otranto, was punished and greatly reduced in...2011, Joseph Roisman, Ian Worthington, A Companion to Ancient Macedonia, page 228

Examples of Ardiaei in a sentence

  • Rome sent forces across the Adriatic in 229 and 219 to suppress intense piracy centered on the Illyrian tribe of the Ardiaei — and the political consequences were minimal.2011, Joseph Roisman, Ian Worthington, A Companion to Ancient Macedonia, page 228:
  • According to Athenaeus, these prospects allow men Ardiaei to get drunk every day and have parties, and to be too uncontrollable in their penchant for eating and drinking.2023, Salmedin Mesihović, Illyrian stories, page 3:

Origin of Ardiaei

From Ancient Greek Ἀρδιαῖοι (Ardiaîoi).

Questions about Ardiaei

What does Ardiaei mean?
Ardiaei means an Illyrian nation that occupied the territory of present-day Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia from the 3rd century BC to 168 BC.
How do you use Ardiaei in a sentence?
Rome sent forces across the Adriatic in 229 and 219 to suppress intense piracy centered on the Illyrian tribe of the Ardiaei — and the political consequences were minimal.
What part of speech is Ardiaei?
Ardiaei is a proper noun.

Words near Ardiaei in the dictionary

  1. Ardhamagadhi Prakrit
  2. ardhamandapa
  3. ardi gasna
  4. Ardiaean
  5. Ardiaeans
  6. Ardiaei
  7. ardian
  8. ardians
  9. Ardie
  10. Ardila
  11. Ardilas

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