Sardiatae

The Sardiatae or Sardiates (alternatively: Sardeatae, Sardeates or Sardiotai) were an Illyrian tribe that lived in Dalmatia, in the Pliva valley around the area of Jajce and Šipovo, in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{harvnb|Piso|2004|p=294}}; {{harvnb|Hirt|2010|p=335}}; {{harvnb|Hirt|2019|p=9}}; {{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=216}} They are mentioned by Pliny the Elder, who locates them in the conventus iuridicus of Salonae, and reports that they had 52 decuriae.{{harvnb|Šašel Kos|2005|p=265}}; {{harvnb|Wilkes|1992|p=216}}; {{harvnb|Wilkes|1996|p=577}}; {{harvnb|Piso|2004|p=294}}; {{harvnb|Hirt|2019|p=9}}. They are also mentioned by Ptolemy,{{harvnb|Šašel Kos|2005|p=265}}; {{harvnb|Hirt|2019|p=9}}. and in the Libri Coloniarum ("Book of Colonies") of the Gromatici Veteres (c. 5th century AD) along with the Tariotes.{{harvnb|Brunet|Conso|Gonzales|Guard|Guillaumin|Sensal|2008|pp=12, 40, 80}}

The Sardiates are documented, along with other Illyrian tribes like the Pirustae and Baridustae, in the epigraphic material of Alburnus Maior in Roman Dacia, a mining town where several Illyrian peoples moved by the time of Roman emperor Trajan. A great number of inscriptions were recently found reporting the tribal name of the Sardiatae, which were produced after they moved to the new town in Dacia from their ancient tribal areas in Dalmatia.{{harvnb|Hirt|2010|p=335}}; {{harvnb|Piso|2004|p=300}}. A collegium Sardiatensium/Sardiatarum is also attested in Alburnus Maior.{{harvnb|Hirt|2010|p=43}}; {{harvnb|Piso|2004|p=293}}; {{harvnb|Nemeti|Nemeti|2010|p=113}}; {{harvnb|Hirt|2019|p=10}}. The existence of collegia of the Sardiatae and of the Baridustae certainly suggests a location of those communities within or near the mining district.{{harvnb|Hirt|2019|p=10}}.

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  • {{cite journal|last1=Brunet|first1=Claude|last2=Conso|first2=Danièle|last3=Gonzales|first3=Antonio|last4=Guard|first4=Thomas|last5=Guillaumin|first5=Jean-Yves|last6=Sensal|first6=Catherine|title=Libri Coloniarum (Livre des Colonies)|trans-title=Book of Colonies|journal=Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum|volume=VII|place=Besançon|publisher=Institut des Sciences et Techniques de l'Antiquité|year=2008|pages=5–116|series=« ISTA », 1102|doi=10.3406/ista.2008.2896|isbn=9782848672298}}

  • {{cite book|last=Hirt|first=Alfred Michael|title=Imperial Mines and Quarries in the Roman World: Organizational Aspects 27 BC-AD 235|publisher=Oxford University Press|place=Oxford|year=2010|isbn=978-0-19-957287-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m2kVDAAAQBAJ}}
  • {{cite journal|last=Hirt|first=Alfred|title=Dalmatians and Dacians—Forms of Belonging and Displacement in the Roman Empire|journal=Humanities|publisher=MDPI|year=2019|volume=8|issue=1|doi=10.3390/h8010001|pages=1–25|doi-access=free}}

  • {{cite journal|last=Nemeti|first=Sorin|title=Bindus-Neptunus and Ianus Geminus at Alburnus Maior (Dacia)|journal=Studia Historica. Historia Antigua.|publisher=Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca|issn=0213-2052|year=2004|volume=22|pages=91–101}}
  • {{cite journal|last1=Nemeti|first1=Irina|last2=Nemeti|first2=Sorin|title=The Barbarians Within. Illyrian Colonists in Roman Dacia|journal=Studia Historica. Historia Antigua.|publisher=Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca|issn=0213-2052|year=2010|volume=28|pages=109–133}}

  • {{cite book|last=Piso|first=Ioan|title=Dall'Adriatico al Danubio: l'Illirico nell'età greca e romana : atti del convegno internazionale, Cividale del Friuli, 25-27 settembre 2003|chapter=Gli Illiri ad Alburnus Maior|editor-last=Urso|editor-first=Gianpaolo|publisher=ETS|series=I convegni della Fondazione Niccolò Canussio|year=2004|language=it|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SCNpAAAAMAAJ|isbn=884671069X|pages=271–308}}

  • {{cite book|last1=Šašel Kos|first1=Marjeta|title=Appian and Illyricum|year=2005|publisher=Narodni muzej Slovenije|isbn=961616936X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=opBpAAAAMAAJ}}

  • {{cite book|last=Wilkes|first=John|title=The Illyrians|year=1992|publisher=Wiley|isbn=9780631146711|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l8q0QgAACAAJ}}
  • {{cite book|last=Wilkes|first=J. J.|title=The Cambridge Ancient History: The Augustan Empire, 43 B.C—A.D. 69|chapter=The Danubian and Balkan provinces|pages=545–585|volume=10|editor1=Alan K. Bowman|editor2=Edward Champlin|editor3=Andrew Linto|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1996|isbn=0521264308|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZLW4-wba7UC}}

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