Illyria

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  1. 1
    A vaguely-defined geographic region in Southeast Europe in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, approximately coincident with modern Albania. historical
  2. 2
    A much larger former province of the Roman Empire, covering the whole of Dalmatia and Pannonia, existing from 27 BC to c. 70 AD and reconstituted in 293 AD by Diocletian. historical

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"South of Illyria and Macedonia lay northern Greece, comprising Epirus and Thessalia, separated from north to south by Mount Pindo."

Etymology

From Latin Illyria, from Ancient Greek Ἰλλυρία (Illuría), which may be from Illyrian *Hullurio (“(place or tribe) of the serpent”), from Proto-Indo-European *udlós. This is supported by the attestation of Hílurios by Plautus in Menaechmi (200s BC).

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