List of ancient tribes in Illyria#Atintani

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{{main|Albanoi}}

The Albani (Latinized form of {{langx|grc|link=no|Ἀλβανοί}}, Albanoi) were an Illyrian tribe whose first historical account appears in a work of Ptolemy.William Smith, LLD, Ed., Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, 1854 They were the citizens of Albanopolis ({{lang|grc|Ἀλβανόπολις}}), located in the center of modern Albania, in the Zgërdhesh hill fort, near the city of Krujë. The national ethnonym of the Albanians is derived from this tribe.History of the Byzantine Empire, 324–1453 By Alexander A. Vasiliev Edition: 2, illustrated. Published by Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1958 {{ISBN|0-299-80926-9}}, {{ISBN|978-0-299-80926-3}} (page 613)History of the Balkans: Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by Barbara Jelavich Edition: reprint, illustrated. Published by Cambridge University Press, 1983 {{ISBN|0-521-27458-3}}, {{ISBN|978-0-521-27458-6}} (page 25)The Indo-European languages By Anna Giacalone Ramat, Paolo Ramat Edition: illustrated. Published by Taylor & Francis, 1998 {{ISBN|0-415-06449-X}}, 9780415064491 (page 481)

{{main|Amantes (tribe)}}

The Amantes lived in present-day south-western Albania.{{cite book|editor= William A. Parkinson|last=Galaty|first=Michael L.|title=The Archaeology of Tribal Societies|chapter=Modeling the Formation and Evolution of an Illyrian Tribal System: Ethnographic and Archaeological Analogs|year=2002|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=1-78920-171-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8TR8DwAAQBAJ|page=119}} The site of Amantia has been identified with the location of their territory.{{cite book|last1=Hansen|first1=Mogens Herman|last2=Nielsen|first2=Thomas Heine|title=An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-19-814099-1|url=http://www.ancientportsantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/Documents/AUTHORS/Hansen&Nielsen2004-LexiquePoleis.pdf |page=342}} The toponym has a connection with the modern Albanian term amë/ãmë ("river-bed, fountain, spring"){{Cite book |last=Çabej |first=Eqrem |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OK5iAAAAMAAJ&q=Amantes |title=Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes |date=1996 |publisher=Akademia e Shkencave e RPS të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Gjuhësisë dhe i Letërsisë |language=sq}}

{{main|Ardiaei}}

The Ardiaei or Ouardaioi ({{langx|grc|link=no|Ἀρδιαῖοι, Οὐαρδαῖοι}}; {{langx|la|link=no|Vardiaei, Vardaei}}){{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=216}}: "The Ardiaei, or Vardaei as they were known to the Romans, 'once the ravagers of Italy' and now reduced to a mere" were an Illyrian people, originally residing inland,[https://books.google.com/books?id=opBpAAAAMAAJ&q=ardiaei Appian and Illyricum by Marjeta Šašel Kos], " The Ardiaei were certainly also settled in the hinterland, along the Naro River at least as far as the Konjic region ..." and eventually settling on the Adriatic coast. Strabo describes them as one of the three strongest Illyrian peoples, the other two being the Autariatae and Dardani. The political entity of the Ardiaei, which expanded in the south-eastern Adriatic, came to be identified with the Illyrian kingdom in the 3rd century BCE. Under the Ardiaean king Agron and his wife Teuta, the Illyrian kingdom reached its apex. It became a formidable power both on land and sea by assembling a great army and fleet, and directly ruling over a large area made up of different Illyrian tribes and cities that stretched from the Neretva River in the north to the borders of Epirus in the south, while its influence extended throughout Epirus and down into Acarnania. The Ardiaean realm became one of Rome's major enemies, and its primary threat in the Adriatic Sea. The dominant power of the Illyrian kingdom in the region ceased after its defeat in the Illyro-Roman Wars (229–168 BCE). In Roman times the Ardiaei had 20 {{lang|la|decuriae}}

{{Main|Autariatae}}

The Autariatae or Autariates ({{langx|grc|link=no|Αὐταριᾶται}}) were an Illyrian tribe that became prominent between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE. Strabo describes them as one of the three strongest Illyrian peoples, the other two being the Ardiaei and Dardani. After their defeat during the Celtic invasions of the Balkans in the 4th century, a part of the Autariatae who remained in Bosnia gradually adopted Celtic culture, while another part moved southwards and after an agreement with the Kingdom of Macedonia, 20,000 settled in the Parorbelian mountain range, in an area between modern south-eastern North Macedonia, northern Greece and south-western Bulgaria.

{{main|Balaites}}

The Balaites were an Illyrian tribe known from epigraphical findings only who were organizing themselves in a koinon, and it is likely that they lived in the vicinity of Apollonia.Pierre Cabanes: {{lang|fr|Les illyriens de Bardulis à Genthios (IVe–IIe siècles avant J.-C.)}}. Paris: SEDES. 1988. p. 301.Neritan Ceka: The Illyrians to the Albanians. Tirana: Migjeni. 2013. pp. 229, 422.

The BathiataeAppian: Roman History, Vol. IV, The Civil Wars, Books 3.27-5 (Loeb Classical Library No. 5) by Appian and Horace White, 1979, Index: 69, 71; IL 4, 22. Bastitani, Spanish tribe, Sp. Mi. Bathiatae, Illyrian tribe were an Illyrian tribe.

{{main|Bylliones}}

The Bylliones ({{lang|grc|Βυλλίονες}}) were an Illyrian tribe.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=97}}: "Beginning in the south the first Illyrians near the coast were the Bylliones beyond the river Aous in the hinterland of Apollonia. Their hill-settlement developed later into the town of Byllis ..."{{cite web |last=Elsie |first=Robert |title=Early History of Albania |url=http://www.elsie.de/pdf/articles/A2015EarlyHistoryAlbania.pdf |website=albanianhistory.net |publisher=Robert Elsie}} They were affected by a partial cultural Hellenisation.The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC by D. M. Lewis (Editor), John Boardman (Editor), Simon Hornblower (Editor), M. Ostwald (Editor), {{ISBN|0-521-23348-8}}, 1994, page 423, "Through contact with their Greek neighbors some Illyrian tribe became bilingual (Strabo Vii.7.8.Diglottoi) in particular the Bylliones and the Taulantian tribes close to Epidamnus ..." They constituted one of the most notable Illyrian koina of the Hellenistic period, with their territory featuring a network of several settlements. Byllis and Nikaia were their chief centres.

{{Main|Cavii (tribe)}}

The Cavii were an Illyrian tribe.The central Balkan tribes in pre-Roman times: Triballi, Autariatae, Dardanians, Scordisci and Moesians by Fanula Papazoglu, 1978, {{ISBN|90-256-0793-4}}, page 247, "... which appears in the name of the Illyrian tribe of the Cavii ..." They lived close to Lake Shkodër. Their main settlement was Epicaria.The classical gazetteer: a dictionary of ancient geography, sacred and profane by William Hazlitt, 1851, "Epicaria a town of the Cavii in Illyria ..." They are mentioned rarely by ancient writers.Rome and the Mediterranean: books XXXI-XLV of The history of Rome from its foundation by Livy, Henry Bettenson, {{ISBN|0-14-044318-5}}, 1976, page 580

{{main|Daorson}}

The Daorsi or Duersi or Daorsii or Daorsei ({{langx|grc|link=no|Δαόριζοι, Δαούρσιοι}}) were an Illyrian tribe.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992}} From back matter: "Surveys of ships on coins of the Daors tribe ..." Another name of the tribe was Daversi.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=216}}: "... to the Romans, 'once the ravagers of Italy' and now reduced to a mere 20 {{lang|la|decuriae}}, and the Daorsi or Daversi ..." The Daorsi had suffered attacksI greci in Adriatico, Volume 2 by Lorenzo Braccesi, Mario Luni, page 152, "The Daorsi suffered directly from the attacks of the Delmatae and were understandably one of the first peoples to have left Gentius' half brother Caravantius and sought protection from the Roman state, placing their armed forces at the disposal of the Romans. After the war, they were rewarded by having been given immunity ..." from the Delmatae that made them along with IssaThe magistrates of the Roman Republic. Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton, 1960:446, "Head of a commission sent, after the receipt of complaints from Issa and the Daorsi, to observe conditions in Illyria and Dalmatia ..." seek the aid of the Roman state. The Daorsi fought on the Roman side, providing them with their strong navy abandoning Caravantius. After the Illyrian Wars, the Daorsi were given immunity. Their most important city was Daorson. They had 17 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.

{{main|Dardani}}

The Dardani or Dardanians were a central Balkan people, among the oldest in the region. They were the most stable and conservative ethnic element among the peoples of the central Balkans, retaining an enduring presence in the region for several centuries. Ancient tradition considered the Dardani as an Illyrian people, and Strabo, in particular describes them as one of the three strongest Illyrian peoples, the other two being the Ardiaei and Autariatae. Their name is traditionally connected to the same root as {{lang|sq|dardhë}}, the Albanian word for 'pear', as well as Alb. {{lang|sq|dardhán}}, {{lang|sq|dardán}}, 'farmer'. The ethnonym Pirustae, which is attested since Roman times for a tribe close to the Dardani or living in Dardania, is considered to be the Latin translation of Dardani (cf. Latin {{Lang|la|pirus}} "pear"). Subgroups of the Dardani included the Galabri and the Thunatae, whose tribal names have been, respectively, connected to the Messapic Kalabroi/Calabri and Daunioi/Daunii in Apulia (south-eastern Italy), of Palaeo-Balkan provenance. In pre-Roman times the Dardani constituted their own Kingdom, often in conflict with their south-eastern neighbor—Macedon.

{{main|Dassaretii}}

The Dassaretii ({{langx|grc|link=no|Δασσαρῆται, Δασσαρήτιοι}}) were an Illyrian people who lived in the inlands of southern Illyria, between present-day south-eastern Albania and south-western North Macedonia. They were directly in contact with the regions of Orestis and Lynkestis of Upper Macedonia. The Dassaretii were one of the most prominent peoples of southern Illyria, forming an ethnic state. They made up the ancient Illyrian kingdom that was established in this region. Most scholars hold that the early 4th century BC Illyrian realm of Bardylis—the first attested Illyrian king—was centered along Lake Ohrid and east to the Prespa Lakes in Dassaretan territory, located on the border between Macedon and Epirus.

The Deretini or Derriopes ({{langx|grc|link=no|Δερρίοπες}}) were an Illyrian tribeJ. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia, Tome 2 of History of the Provinces of the Roman Empire, 1969, page 157 in Narona conventus with 14 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.

The Deuri or Derbanoi ({{langx|grc|link=no|Δερβανοί}})Appianus, Illyrica, {{lang|grc|"... και Δερβανοί προσιόντα τον Καίσαρα συγγνώμην ..."}} were an Illyrian tribe.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=216}}: "... of southwest Bosnia, the Maezaei (269) of the Sana and Vrbas valleys, and the Sardeates (52) around Jajce and the Deuri (25) around Bugojno, both in the Vrbas valley." Other possible names are Derrioi.The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC-AD 69 (Volume 10) by Alan Bowman, Edward Champlin, and Andrew Lintott, 1996, page 577 In a conventus held in Salona after the Roman conquest the Deuri had 25 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.Neritan Ceka: The Illyrians to the Albanians. Tirana: Migjeni. 2005. p. 148: "Salona was the center of a {{lang|la|conventus}} made up of the Dalmatians, with 342 {{lang|la|decuriae}}; the Deuri, with 25; the Ditiones, with 239; the Mezei, with 60; and the Sardeates with 53."

The Dyestes or Dyestae ({{langx|grc|link=no|Δυέσται}})VII.7.5, {{lang|grc|"... περί α Δυέσται συνεστήσαντο την δυναστείαν και Εγχέλειοι ους και Σεσαρέθιους καλούσι ..."}} were an Illyrian tribeMacedonia, Thrace and Illyria: their relations to Greece from the earliest... by Stanley Casson, page 321 located around the silver mines of Damastion. Only Strabo passingly mentions this tribe.

{{Main|Enchele}}

The Enchelei or SesarethiiStrabo, Geography (ed. H.C. Hamilton, Esq., W. Falconer, M.A.), book 7, chapter 7: "... had established their sway, and Enchelii, who are also called Sesarethii or Sesarethioi. Then come the Lyncestæ, the territory Deuriopus, Pelagonia-Tripolitis ..." ({{langx|grc|link=no|Ἐγχελεῖς, Σεσαρηθίους}}, accusative of {{lang|grc|*Σεσαρήθιοι}})Strabo Geography, Book 7.7 were an Illyrian tribe.John J. Wilkes, The Illyrians, 1996, {{ISBN|0-631-19807-5}}, p. 96: "The Enchelei are an Illyrian people, who inhabit the land after Rhizon. From Bouthoe to Epidamnus, a Greek city ...". Their name, given by the Greeks, meant "eel-men". In Greek mythology. According to E. Hamp, a connection with Albanian ngjalë makes it possible that the name Enchele was derived from the Illyrian term for eels[http://www.maicar.com/GML/Cadmus.html Cadmus]: "After having many children, Cadmus and Harmonia left Thebes in order to defend the Encheleans, a people living in southern Illyria, which is the region north of Epirus, and there defeated the Illyrian intruders ..." Cadmus and Harmonia ruled over them. Several locations are hypothesized for the Encheleans: around Lake Ohrid;John J. Wilkes, The Illyrians; 1996, {{ISBN|0-631-19807-5}}, p. 98. above Lake Ohrid, or in the region of Lynkestis south of the Taulantii.John J. Wilkes, The Illyrians, 1996, {{ISBN|0-631-19807-5}}, p. 99.

The Kinambroi ({{langx|grc|link=no|Κίναμβροι}}) were an Illyrian tribe. They surrendered to Octavian in 33 BCE.

{{main|Labeatae}}

The Labeatae or Labeates ({{langx|grc|link=no|Λαβεᾶται}}) were an Illyrian people that lived on the Adriatic coast of southern Illyria, around Lake Scodra (the ancient Lacus Labeatis). The dynasty of the last Illyrian kings (Scerdilaidas, Pleuratus, Gentius) was Labeatan. It is possible that the decline of the Ardiaean dynasty after Queen Teuta's defeat in the First Illyrian War against Rome caused the emergence of the Labeatan dynasty on the political scene. The last known Illyrian king, Gentius, was defeated in the Third Illyro-Roman war in 168. In Roman times the Labeatae minted coins bearing the inscription of their ethnicon.

{{Main|Mazaei}}

The Mazaei or Maezaei ({{langx|grc|link=no|Μαζαῖοι, Μαιζαῖοι}}) were a tribal group, including 269 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.Benac A., Ed. (1986): Bosna i Herzegovina / Bosnia and Herzegovia / Bosnien und Herzegowina. Svjetlost, Sarajevo.Šentija J., Ed. (1977): Opća enciklopedija Jugoslavenskog leksikografskog zavoda, 3: Foc-Iw. Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod, Zagreb.

The Melcumani or Merromenoi or Melkomenioi ({{langx|grc|link=no|Μελκομένιοι}}) were an Illyrian tribe.The Cambridge Ancient History by John Boardman, {{ISBN|0-521-26430-8}}, 1923, page 578, "Since they are listed among those peoples who submitted in 33 B.C. the Melcumani (24) are not likely to have lived any great distance from the coast. It has been suggested that they may ..." The Melcumani had 24 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.

Narensi or Narensii or Narensioi ({{langx|grc|link=no|Ναρήνσιοι}})[https://books.google.com/books?id=znE9AAAAcAAJ&dq=%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%B9&pg=RA2-PA740-IA7 Gaius Plinius Secundus' Historiae naturalis, Liber 3] or Naresioi or Naresii ({{langx|grc|link=no|Ναρήσιοι}}) was the name of a newly formedThe Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC-AD 69 (Volume 10) by Alan Bowman, Edward Champlin, and Andrew Lintott, 1996, page 578 Illyrian tribe{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=216}}: "... destination of one of the military roads constructed from Salona after the end of the war in AD 9. The Narensi (102) of the same conventus are likely to be named from the river Naron/Narenta ..." from various peoples living around the River Naron or Neretva, mostly in its lower course. The Narensi had 102 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.

{{Main|Parthini}}

The Parthini lived in southern Illyria.

{{Main|Penestae (tribe)}}

Penestae ({{langx|grc|link=no|Πενέσται}}) was the name of an Illyrian tribe.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=172}} Their chief town was Uscana.

The Selepitani (Latin: Selepitani) were an Illyrian tribe located below the Lake Scutari.

{{main|Siculotae}}

The Siculotae or Sikoulotai were an Illyrian tribe.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=217}}: "... whose name deriving from the Greek for 'thunderbolt' links them with high mountains, Siculotae (24), Glintidiones (44) and Scirtari, who dwelt along the border with Macedonia. In northeast Bosnia the Dindari are located by the record of one of ..." The Siculotae were part of the Pirustae. The Siculotae had 24 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.

{{Main|Dalmatae}}

The Dalmatae were an ancient Illyrian tribe. It is considered to be connected to the Albanian dele and its variants which include the Gheg form delmë, meaning "sheep", and to the Albanian term delmer, "shepherd". They were later Celticized.The Oxford Classical Dictionary by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth, 2003, page 426A dictionary of the Roman Empire Oxford paperback reference, {{ISBN|0-19-510233-9}}, 1995, page 202, "... contact with the peoples of the Illyrian kingdom and at the Celticized tribes of the Delmatae ..." The Delmatae had 342 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.

{{main|Iapydes}}

The Iapydes or Japodes ({{langx|grc|link=no|Ἰάποδες|Iapodes}}) were an ancient people who dwelt north of and inland from the Liburnians, off the Adriatic coast and eastwards of the Istrian peninsula. The first written mention of an Illyrian tribe known as "Iapydes" is by Hecataeus of Miletus.

{{main|Baridustae}}

The Baridustae were an Illyrian tribe that was later settled in Dacia along with Pirustae and Sardeates. The Baridustae were a Dalmatian tribe.Roman Dacia: the making of a provincial society by W. S. Hanson, Ian Haynes, 2004, page 22, "Outside the main urban centres, the best attested group of civilian immigrants is members of the Dalmatian tribes such as the Baridustae ..."

{{main|Tariotes}}

The Tariotes were a subtribe of the Dalmatae that lived on the eastern Adriatic coast.A. Mayer, Die Sprache der alten Illyrier I (Schriften der Balkankommission, Linguistiche Abteilung XV), VÖAW, 1957, p. 329.

{{Main|Sardiatae}}

The Sardiatae or Sardiotai were an Illyrian tribe close to Jajce. Sardeates were later settled in Dacia.[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006:entry=alburnus-maior&highlight=sardeates ALBURNUS MAIOR (Roşia Montană) Alba, Romania.], "An important settlement, center of gold mining in Roman Dacia Superior, in the Apuseni mountains. In the hills of Cetatea Mare and Cetatea Mică, traces are preserved of ancient Roman mines. Under Trajan, Dalinatian colonists (Pirustae, Baridustae, Sardeates) settled here, each tribe dwelling in a separate village or quarter." The Sardeates had 52 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.

The Docleatae ({{langx|grc|link=no|Δοκλεᾶται|Dokleatai}}) were an Illyrian tribe that lived in what is now Montenegro. Their capital was Doclea[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006:entry=doclea&highlight=docleatae DOCLEA (Duklja) Crna Gora, Yugoslavia.] (or Dioclea), and they are called after the town. They had settled west of the Morača river, up to Montenegro's present-day borders with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Docleatae were prominent for their cheese, which was exported to various Roman provinces within the Roman Empire.Istorijski leksion Crne Gore: Č-J {{ISBN|86-7706-167-3}} They were composed of parts of the Taulantii, the Pleraei or Pyraei, Endirudini, Sasaei, Grabaei, Labeatae that came together after the Great Illyrian revolt. The Docleatae had 33 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.

Pleraei, Plarioi, Pyraei, Pleraioi, Plaraioi or Palarioi ({{langx|grc|link=no|Παλάριοι}}) was the name of an Illyrian tribe.Dalmatia, Tome 2 of History of the provinces of the Roman Empire by J. J. Wilkes, 1969, page 32

Endirudini or Interphrourinoi ({{langx|grc|link=no|Ἰντερφρουρῖνοι}})Appianus, [https://books.google.com/books?id=hSEUAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA222 Illyrica], {{lang|grc|"Οξυαίους μεν δη και Περθεηνάτας, και Βαθιάτας και Ταυλαντίους, και Καμβαίους, και Κινάμβρους, και Μερρομένους, και Πυρισσαίους, είλε δι' όλης πείρας, έργω δε μείζονι ελήφθησαν, και φόρους όσους εξέλιπον ηναγκάσθησαν αποδουναι, Δοκλεᾶται τε και Κάρνοι και Ιντερεφρουρίνοι και Ναρήσιοι και Γλιντιδίωνες και Ταυρίσκοι."}} was the name of an Illyrian tribe that became part of the Docleatae.

Sasaei was the name of an Illyrian tribe that became part of the Docleatae.

{{main|Grabaei}}

The Grabaei or Kambaioi ({{langx|grc|link=no|Καμβαῖοι}}) were a minor Illyrian group that lived around Lake Scutari.{{sfn|Wilkes|1992|p=121}}

Deraemestae or Deraemistae was the name of an Illyrian tribe.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=257}}: "In Popovopolje the Deraemestae may have been incorporated within the new municipium at Diluntum (Ljubinje). Several cities were created in the more remote regions" The Deraemestae were composed of partsAlan Bowman, Edward Champlin, and Andrew Lintott, The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC – AD 69, 1996, p. 577: "... figure in the warfare of the second century B.C. The Deraemestae (30) were a new formation from several smaller peoples in the hinterland of Epidaurum including the Ozuaei, Partheni, Hemasini, Arthitae and Armistae." of several other tribes such as the Ozuaei, Taulantii, Partheni, Hemasini, Arthitae and Armistae. The Deramestae had 30 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.

Ozuaei or Ozuaioi or Oxuaioi ({{langx|grc|link=no|Ὀξυαῖοι}}) was the name of one of the tribes comprising the Deramestae.

Hemasini or Hippasinoi ({{langx|grc|link=no|Ἱππασῖνοι}})J. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia, Tome 2 of History of the Provinces of the Roman Empire, 1969, p. 482. was the name of one of the tribes comprising the Deramestae.

Arthitae was the name of one of the tribes comprising the Deramestae.

Armistae was the name of one of the tribes comprising the Deramestae.

{{main|Taulantii}}

Taulantii ({{langx|grc|link=no|Ταυλάντιοι}}) was the name of a clusterThe Cambridge ancient history, Tome 6

by John Boardman, {{ISBN|0-521-85073-8}}, 1994, page 423 of Illyrian tribes. The term taulantii is connected with the Albanian word dallëndyshe, or tallandushe, meaning 'swallow'. The ethnonym Chelidonioi also reported by Hecateus as the name of a tribe neighboring the Taulantii is the translation of the name Taulantii as khelīdṓn (χελιδών) means "swallow" in Ancient Greek. According to Greek mythology Taulas (Tαύλας), one of the six sons of Illyrius, was the eponymous ancestor of the Taulantii.Appian, The Foreign Wars, III, 1.2 The Taulantii dominated at various times much of the plain between the rivers Drin (Drilon) and Vjosa (Aoös). Their central area was the hinterland of Epidamnos-Dyrrhachion, corresponding to present-day Tirana and the region between the valleys of Mat and Shkumbin (Genusus). This tribe played an important role in the Illyrian history of the 4th–3rd centuries BCE, when King Glaukias (ruled 335 – c. 302 BCE) ruled over them. Glaukias offered asylum to the infant Pyrrhus of Epirus and maintained ties with him after he became king of Epirus. The Abroi, a northern subgroup of the Taulantii, were known to the ancient Greek writers for their technique of preparing mead from honey.Food in the Ancient World (Food Through History) by Joan P. Alcock, {{ISBN|0-313-33003-4}}, 2005, page 91, "Aristotle described the process of making it by the Taulantii of Illyria, and Pliny commented on hydromeli made in Phrygia."

{{Main|Chelidonioi}}

The Chelidonioi lived in southern Illyria.

{{Main|Abroi}}

The Abroi lived in southern Illyria.

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The name Pannonians ({{langx|grc|link=no|Παννόνιοι|Pannonii}}) refers to Illyrian tribes, who originally inhabited the southern part of what was later known as Roman province of Pannonia, south of the river Drava ({{lang|la|Dravus}}), and the northern part of the future Roman province of Dalmatia. In the Roman era, Pannonians settled in Dacia, the northern Pannonian plain and the eastern Alps.Ion Grumeza, Dacia: Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe, {{ISBN|0-7618-4465-1}}, 2009, p. 51: "In a short time the Dacians imposed their conditions on the Anerati, Boii, Eravisci, Pannoni, Scordisci ..." Some Pannonian tribes appear to have been Celticized.Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth, The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 2003, p. 1106.A. Mocsy, S. Frere, "Pannonia and Upper Moesia", A History of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire, p. 152: "As already seen on Chapter 3 the Celtic and Celticized natives of Pannonia."

Julius Pokorny believed the name Pannonia is derived from Illyrian, from the Proto-Indo-European root *pen-, "swamp, water, wet" (cf. English fen, "marsh"; Hindi pani, "water").[http://www.ieed.nl/cgi-bin/response.cgi?flags=eygtnrl&single=1&basename=/data/ie/pokorny&text_recno=1481&root=leiden]J. Pokorny, Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, No. 1481 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612215835/http://www.ieed.nl/cgi-bin/response.cgi?flags=eygtnrl&single=1&basename=%2Fdata%2Fie%2Fpokorny&text_recno=1481&root=leiden|date=2011-06-12}}

The Pannonian tribes inhabited the area between the river Drava and the Dalmatian coast. Early archaeology and onomastics show that they were culturally different from southern Illyrians, Iapodes, and the La Tène peoples commonly known as the Celts, though they were later Celticized. However, there are some cultural similarities between the Pannonians and Dalmatians. Many of the Pannonians lived in areas with rich iron ore deposits, so iron mining and production was an important part of their economy before and after the Roman conquest. Apart from Segestica, the Pannonians did not have settlements of importance in pre-Roman timesJohn T. Koch (2006). Celtic Culture. p. 1662. {{ISBN|1-85109-440-7}}. that were actually Celtic. Ancient sources (Strabo, Pliny the Elder, Appian of Alexandria) mention a few of the Pannonian tribes by name, and historians and archaeologists have located some of them.

The Pannonians were not definitely subdued within the province of Illyricum until the Great Illyrian Revolt, which started in 6 AD when the Pannonians, together with the Dalmatians and other Illyrian tribes, revolted, and engaged the Roman Empire in a hard-fought campaign that lasted for three years, when they were finally overcome by the future emperor Tiberius and Germanicus in 9 AD. At that point, 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.

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Amantini ({{langx|grc|link=no|Ἄμαντες}}) was the name of a PannonianJ. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia, Tome 2 of History of the Provinces of the Roman Empire, 1969, page 534 Illyrian tribe.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=218}}: "Except for the Latobici and Varciani, whose names are Celtic, the civitates of Colapiani, Jasi, Breuci, Amantini and Scordisci were Illyrian." They greatly resisted the Romans but were sold as slaves after their defeat.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=207}}: "The war was a savage affair and the main resistance to the Romans came from the Breuci and Amantini in the Sava valley. The young males were rounded up and sold as slaves in Italy, a quite exceptional action" The Amantini were close to Sirmium.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=81}}: "the Breuci with Scilus Bato, Blaedarus, Dasmenus, Dasius, Surco, Sassaius, Liccaius and Lensus, and the Amantini and Scordisci around Sirmium with Terco and Precio, Dases and Dasmenus"

The Breuci ({{langx|grc|link=no|Βρεῦκοι|Breukoi}}) were a Pannonian Illyrian tribe.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=203}}: "Papirius Carbo. Strabo (7.5, 3) identifies the Pannonian peoples as Breuci, Andizetes, Ditiones, Pirustae, Maezaei and Daesitiates." They greatly resisted the Romans and some were sold as slaves after their defeat. They received Roman citizenship during Trajan's rule. It is likely that the name of the northern Bosnian city Brčko is derived from the name of this tribe.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=256}}: "... reign of Trajan (AD 98-117), does the Roman citizenship begin to appear among the Illyrian communities of southeast Pannonia, the Andizetes, Scordisci and Breuci." A number of Breuci settled in Dacia.Dacia: Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe by Ion Grumeza, {{ISBN|0-7618-4465-1}}, 2009, page 51, "Many Scordisci and Breuci settled in Dacia nevertheless and were eventually absorbed into the local population."

Bato the Breucian of the Breuci tribe and Pinnes from Pannonia were among the leaders of the Great Illyrian Revolt, together with Bato the Daesitiate of the Daesitiates from Dalmatia.The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC-AD 69 (Volume 10) by Alan Bowman, Edward Champlin, and Andrew Lintott, 1996, page 176, "Daesitiates was soon matched by rebellion of the Breuci in Pannonia, headed by Pinnes and another Bato."

Colapiani was the name of an Illyrian tribe.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=81}}: "In Roman Pannonia the Latobici and Varciani who dwelt east of the Venetic Catari in the upper Sava valley were Celtic but the Colapiani of the Colapis (Kulpa) valley were Illyrians ..." The Colapiani were created from the Pannonian BreuciThe Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC-AD 69 (Volume 10) by Alan Bowman, {{ISBN|0-521-26430-8}}, 1996, page 579 along with the Osseriates and the Celtic Varciani.{{Citation needed|date=April 2012}} They lived in the central and southern White Carniola, along the Kupa river, and were mentioned by Pliny the Elder and Ptolemy.{{cite book|last=Oto Luthar|title=The Land Between: A History of Slovenia|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G9tDboBJ70EC&pg=PA441|chapter=Prehistory: History Created by Archaeology|year=2008|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-3-631-57011-1|page=36}} The archeologists Jaro Šašel and Dragan Božič have attributed the Vinica material culture to Colapiani,{{cite journal |url=https://ung.academia.edu/DraganBo%C5%BEi%C4%8D/Papers/986810 |title=Ljudje ob Krki in Kolpi v latenski dobi |language=sl, de, en|trans-title=People Along Krka and Kolpa in the La Tène Period |journal=Arheološki vestnik |volume=52 |year=2001 |pages=181–198 |publisher=Institute of Archaeology, Slovenian Academy of Arts and Sciences}} but opinions are divided.{{cite web |url=http://www.crnomelj.si/20110213126/sprehod-po-zgodovini-rnomlja-od-konca-bronaste-dobe-do-novega-veka.html |title=Sprehod po zgodovini Črnomlja od konca bronaste dobe do novega veka |language=sl |trans-title=The Walk Through the History of Črnomelj from the End of the Bronze Age to the Modern Era |first=Janez |last=Weiss |year=2007 |work=Črnomelj.si |publisher=Municipality of Črnomelj |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531033537/http://www.crnomelj.si/20110213126/sprehod-po-zgodovini-rnomlja-od-konca-bronaste-dobe-do-novega-veka.html |archive-date=31 May 2013}}

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The Daesitiates were an Illyrian tribe that lived in what is today central Bosnia and Herzegovina{{sfn|Wilkes|1992|p=207}} during the time of the Roman Republic. Along with the Maezaei, the Daesitiates were part of the western group of Pannonians in Roman Dalmatia.{{sfn|Wilkes|1992|p=80}} They were prominent from the end of the 4th century BCE up until the beginning of the 3rd century CE. Evidence of their daily activities can be found in literary sources, as well as in the rich material finds that belong to the Central Bosnian cultural group. After nearly three centuries of political independence, the Daesitiates (and their polity) were conquered by Roman Emperor Augustus. Afterwards, the Daesitiates were incorporated into the province of Illyricum with a low total of 103 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.{{sfn|Wilkes|1992|p=216}}

The Pirustae or PyrissaeiJ. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia, Tome 2 of History of the Provinces of the Roman Empire, 1969, page 155 ({{langx|grc|link=no|Πειροῦσται}}Strabo's Geography 4.3 or {{lang|grc|Πυρισσαῖοι}}) were a Pannonian Illyrian{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=207}}: "... the imperial triumphs over individual peoples. Among the several Illyrian groups singled out were Japodes, Dardanians, Pannonian Andizetes and Pirustae." tribe that lived in modern Montenegro. According to some sources, they had also lived in territories outside of modern-day Montenegro, but the majority of archaeologists, including the famous British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans, say that the Pirustae had lived in northern Montenegro, around present-day Pljevlja and that they were prominent miners. Their prominence in mining has been seen in epigraphic monuments from Dacia's mining regions.Istorijski Leksilon Crne Gore: Č-J {{ISBN|86-7706-167-3}} Pirustae along with other Pannonians and Illyrians like the Sardeates were later settled in Dacia (modern-day Romania).The Cambridge Ancient History, Part 1, The Prehistory of the Balkans, the Middle East and the Aegean World, Tenth to Eighth Centuries BC, 2nd Edition, by John Boardman {{ISBN|978-0-521-22496-3}} | {{ISBN|0-521-22496-9}}

The Scirtari or Scirtones were an Illyrian tribe. The Scirtari were part of the Pirustae. The Scirtari had 72 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.

The Glintidiones ({{langx|grc|link=no|Γλιντιδίωνες}}) were an Illyrian{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=217}}: "... with high mountains, Siculotae (24), Glintidiones (44) and Scirtari, who dwelt along the border with Macedonia. In northeast Bosnia the Dindari are located by the record of one of their chiefs ({{lang|la|principes}}) in the Drina valley ..." tribe. The Glintidiones may have been part of the Pirustae. The Glintidiones had 44 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.

Ceraunii ({{langx|grc|link=no|Κεραύνιοι|Keraunioi}}) was the name of an Illyrian tribe that lived close to the Pirustae{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=217}}: "Pirustae, who inhabited the high valleys of southeast Bosnia and northern Montenegro, seem to have been divided between the Ceraunii (24 {{lang|la|decuriae}}) ..." in modern Montenegro. The Ceraunii were part of the Pirustae. They had 24 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.J. J. Wilkes, Dalmatia, Tome 2 of History of the Provinces of the Roman Empire, 1969, page 485 Their name seems to derive from the Greek word for 'thunderbolt'.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=217}}: "Pirustae, who inhabited the high valleys of southeast Bosnia and northern Montenegro, seem to have been divided between the Ceraunii (24 {{lang|la|decuriae}}), whose name deriving from the Greek for 'thunderbolt' ..."

The Segestani ({{langx|grc|link=no|Σεγεστανοί|Segestanoi}}) were a Pannonian Illyrian tribe who inhabited the area around Segestica, later known as Siscia (modern-day Sisak in Croatia).Rome and the Barbarians, 100 B.C. – A.D. 400 by Thomas S. Burns, {{ISBN|0-8018-7306-1}}, 2003, page 200, "... Appian's account depicts a situation in which the inhabitants of Siscia ({{lang|grc|Σεγεστική}}, {{transliteration|grc|Segestike}}, therefore 'the Segestani') appealed in vain for aid from fellow Pannonians in their vicinity, but these people were reluctant to get involved, preferring ..."

In the 2nd century BCE, the Segestani were attacked without lasting success by consuls Lucius Aurelius Cotta and an unidentified Cornelius.

In 35 BCE, the Segestani were attacked by Augustus, who conquered and occupied Siscia.

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Maezaei or Maizaioi or Mazaioi ({{langx|grc|link=no|Μαζαῖοι}}) were a Pannonian Illyrian tribe.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=80}}: "Among the Pannonians within Roman Dalmatia the western groups, including the Maezaei and Daesitiates, exhibit few outside connections, and those are with Delmatae immediately to the south, though in Alföldy's view the two groups ..." The Maezaei had 269 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.

The Andizetes, also referred to as Andisetes ({{langx|grc|link=no|Ἀνδιζήτιοι}}), were a small Pannonian{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=207}}{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=203}}: "... Papirius Carbo. Strabo (7.5, 3) identifies the Pannonian peoples as Breuci, Andizetes, Ditiones, Pirustae, Maezaei and Daesitiates" tribe that lived in the territory of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. Not much is known about this tribe except that it is found on the list of Illyrian tribes that rose against the Roman Empire during the Great Illyrian Revolt. The personal name of 'Andes', a variant of the name 'Andis' popular among the Illyrians of southern Pannonia and much of northern Dalmatia (corresponding roughly with modern Bosnia and Herzegovina), may be derived from the name of this tribe. Alternatively, it is related to the Albanian word dizet/dyzet meaning 'forty' with 'an' as prefix as article; thus, their name would mean "the forties".{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992}} They started receiving Roman citizenship during Trajan's rule.

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The Azali ({{langx|grc|link=no|Ἄζαλοι}}) were a tribe that inhabited Brigetio (now Szőny) in Noricum, transported there during the Roman conquest from southern Pannonia.{{sfn|Wilkes|1992|p=81}} They had been deported after the 6–9 AD rebellion.{{sfn|Wilkes|1992|p=217}} They, along with the Eravisci, inhabited the Fejér County during the Marcomannic Wars (166–180).{{cite book |last=Mócsy |first=András |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-UZAAAAIAAJ |title=Die Bevölkerung von Pannonien: bis zu den Markomannenkriegen |publisher=Verlag der Ungarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften |year=1959 |pages=54– |language=de}} The civitas azaliorum included the Brigetio legionary fortress and surrounding settlements.{{cite book |last1=Fejfer |first=Jane |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENc_CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA29 |title=Tradition: Transmission of Culture in the Ancient World |last2=Moltesen |first2=Mette |last3=Rathje |first3=Annette |date=9 April 2015 |publisher=Museum Tusculanum Press |isbn=978-87-635-4258-6 |page=29}}

The Ditiones ({{langx|grc|link=no|Διτίωνες}}) were a Pannonian Illyrian tribe. The Ditiones had 239 {{lang|la|decuriae}}.

Jasi was the name of a Pannonian Illyrian tribe.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=257}}: "Pannonian Illyrians include that of the Jasi ..."

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The OsseriatesThe Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 BC-AD 69 (Volume 10) by Alan Bowman, Edward Champlin, and Andrew Lintott, 1996, page 579, (also Oseriates), along with the Celtic Varciani and the Colapiani, were created from the Pannonian Breuci.

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Illyrii proprie dicti{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=216}} were the Illyrians proper, so called by Pliny (23–79 CE) in his Natural History. They later formed the Docleatae. They were the Taulantii, the Pleraei or Pyraei, the Endirudini, Sasaei, Grabaei, Labeatae.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} Illyrians proper were also some of the native communities of Roman Dalmatia.{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=92}}

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Atintanii or Atintani or Atintanians were a tribe in Illyria, north of Via Egnatia. Appian (95–165 CE) mentions them close to Epidamnus.Appian, Illyrian Wars, App. Ill. 2. During the Illyrian Wars, the Atintani went over to the Romans and, according to Appian, Demetrius of Pharos tried to detach them from Roman authority. The Atintani seem to have originated from the obscure, perhaps Thracian Tynteni, only attested in coins.The Cambridge Ancient History: Persia, Greece and the Western Mediterranean... by John Boardman, 1988, {{ISBN|0-521-22804-2}}, page 496, "The issuing authorities were tribes as far afield as the 'Tynteni' (later Atintani) ..." The Atintani were ruled by the Thracian dynasty of the Peresadyes.[https://books.google.com/books?id=F4VpAAAAMAAJ&q=tynteni+people A History of Macedonia: 550-336 B.C]

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In the early historical sources from the 8th century BCE, the Liburnians were recorded by name or as separate ethnic groups; and as early as the 6th century BCE, Hecateus noted that the Liburnians were also composed of Caulici, Mentores, Syopii and Hythmitae, probably narrow tribal communities. Later, in the 3rd century BCE, Callimachus mentioned Mentores, Hymanes, Enchealae and Peucetias as those who once had been a part of them, Ismeni were also recorded as one of their communities.Š. Batović, Liburnska kultura, Matica Hrvatska i Arheološki muzej Zadar, Zadar, 2005, UDK: 904 (398 Liburnija), {{ISBN|953-6419-50-5}}, pages 64-66

• LopsiThe Cambridge Ancient History by Alan K. Bowman, {{ISBN|0-521-26430-8}}, page 575

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Iapygians and Messapians did not dwell in Illyria, but in the heel of southern Italy. They could have had Illyrian originsThe Oxford Classical Dictionary by Simon Hornblower, {{ISBN|0-19-860641-9}}, 2003, page 431 or some sort of link with Illyria.

• Messapii
• Dauni
• Peucetii linked to the Liburnian Peucetias
• Iapyges linked to the Iapodes, who were sometimes also called Iapyges

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• Histri{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=183}}: "We may begin with the Venetic peoples, Veneti, Carni, Histri and Liburni, whose language set them apart from the rest of the Illyrians ..."
• Catari{{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=81}}: "In Roman Pannonia the Latobici and Varciani who dwelt east of the Venetic Catari in the upper Sava valley were Celtic but the Colapiani of the Colapis (Kulpa) valley were Illyrians ..."
• SecussesThe classical gazetteer: a dictionary of ancient geography, sacred and profane by William Hazlitt, 1851, page 311, "SECUSSES, a people of Histria"

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