Histri

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They are classified in some sources as a Venetic tribe, with some ties with the Illyrians,{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=183|ps=: "... We may begin with the Venetic peoples, Veneti, Carni, Histri and Liburni, whose language set them apart from the rest of the Illyrians...."}} or a purely Illyrian tribe.{{Cite web |title=The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, NESACTIUM (Vizače) Croatia, Yugoslavia. |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006:entry=nesactium |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}{{Cite web |title=Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Histri |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=Histri |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}

The Histri are also described as Thracians;{{harvnb|Katičić|1976|p=130}}

an orientation includes them in the Liburnian linguistic area.{{Cite web |date=May 2021 |title=Early Iron Age (map) |url=https://indo-european.eu/maps/iron-age/ |website=Indo-european.eu: Languages, Cultures & Peoples}}

Since they inhabited the Istrian peninsula, they had more intensive trade and cultural contacts with the Mediterranean world, particularly central and southern Italy.{{harvnb|Dzino|2010|p=42}}

The Romans described the Histri as a fierce tribe of pirates, protected by the difficult navigation of their rocky coasts. An account stated that this tribe was first in the northern Adriatic area to be threatened by the Roman imperialism and to start a war.{{harvnb|Luthar|2008|p=40}} It took two military campaigns for the Romans to finally subdue them in 177 BCE.

In the Augustan age the most of Istria was then called, together with the Venetian part, the X Roman region of Venetia et Histria: the ancient definition of the northeastern border of Italy. Dante Alighieri refers to it as well; the eastern border of Italy per ancient definition is the river Arsia.

• Castellieri culture
• Nesactium

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Category:Ancient tribes in Croatia

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