Ardiaei
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 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 Strabo"
Example
More examples"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 Strabo"
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀρδιαῖοι (Ardiaîoi).