Dardania, Dardanian or Dardanians may refer to ancient peoples or locations.
People
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Dardani
The Dardani (; grc, Δαρδάνιοι, Δάρδανοι; la, Dardani) or Dardanians were a Paleo-Balkan people, who lived in a region that was named Dardania after their settlement there. They were among the oldest Balkan peoples, and their ...
, an ancient tribe in the Balkans
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Dardanians (Trojan)
The Dardanoi ( el, Δάρδανοι; its anglicized modern terms being Dardanians or Dardans) were a legendary people of the Troad, located in northwestern Anatolia. The Dardanoi were the descendants of Dardanus, the mythical founder of Dard ...
(''Dardanoi''), a people closely related to the Trojans and believed to be related to the Dardani
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Bato of Dardania
Bato (ruled c. 206 – 176 BC) was an Illyrian king of the Dardanian State. Bato was the son of Longarus whom he succeeded and the brother of Monunius II who ruled after him. Bato fought alongside the Romans against Macedon during the Sec ...
(ruled c. 206–176 BC), Illyrian king of the Dardanian State
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Capys of Dardania
In Roman and Greek mythology, Capys () was a king of Dardania during the ''Iliad'' and ''Aeneid''.Virgil, ''Aeneid'2.35/ref>
Family
Capys was the son of Assaracus by either Hieromneme (naiad daughter of Simois) or Clytodora.Dionysius of Ha ...
, king of Dardania during the ''Iliad'' and ''Aeneid''
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Cleitus of Dardania
Cleitus (Ancient Greek: Κλεῖτος; ruled 356335 BC) was an Illyrian ruler, the son of the King Bardylis and the father of Bardylis II.
Cleitus was the mastermind behind the well structured Illyrian Revolt of 335 BC. Cleitus entered i ...
(ruled c. 356–335 BC), Illyrian ruler
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Erichthonius of Dardania
Erichthonius (; Ancient Greek: Ἐριχθόνιος) of Dardania was a mythical king of Dardanus in Greek mythology. He was the son of Dardanus and Batea (in some other legends his mother is said to be, Olizone, daughter of Phineus). He was ...
, king of Dardania in Greek mythology
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Ilus of Dardania
In Greek mythology, Ilus (; Ancient Greek: Ἶλος or Ἴλου ''Ilos'') was a king of Dardania.
Family
Ilus was the eldest son of Dardanus either by Batea of Troad, daughter of Teucer, or probably Olizone, daughter of Phineus. Ilus was ...
, king of Dardania in Greek mythology
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Monunius of Dardania
Monunius (Ancient Greek Μονούνιος; ruled ''c.'' 176 – 167 BC) was an Illyrian king of the Dardanian State who lived in the late 3rd century BC and early 2nd century BC. Monunius attested first in 176 BC was the son of Longarus, a ...
(ruled c. 176–167 BC), Illyrian king of the Dardanian State
Places
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Kingdom of Dardania
The Kingdom of Dardania was a polity formed in the central Balkans in the region of Dardania during classical antiquity. It is named after the Dardani, a Paleo-Balkan tribe which formed its population and formed the core of the Dardanian polity. ...
, an ancient kingdom in the Balkans established by the Dardani
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Dardania (Roman province)
Dardania (; grc, Δαρδανία; la, Dardania) was a Roman province in the Central Balkans, initially an unofficial region in Moesia (87–284), and then a province administratively part of the Diocese of Moesia (293–337). It was named after ...
, a Roman and Byzantine province in the Balkans
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Dardania (Troad)
Dardanus ( gr, Δάρδανος, ''Dardanos'') was an ancient city in the Troad. It was sometimes called Dardania, a term used also for the district around it. Pliny the Elder called it Dardanium.
Location
At the time of the geographer Strab ...
, a city and a district of the Troad, in Asia Minor on the Hellespont (the modern Dardanelles)
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Dardania (Samothrace)
Samothrace (also known as Samothraki, el, Σαμοθράκη, ) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. It is a municipality within the Evros regional unit of Thrace. The island is long and is in size and has a population of 2,859 (2011 ...
, old name of Samothrace according to Pausanias
Other
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Democratic League of Dardania
The Democratic League of Dardania ( sq, Lidhja Demokratike e Dardanisë) was a political party in Kosovo. The Democratic League of Dardania was established in January 2007 by the former Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo Nexhat Daci following his ...
(''Lidhja Demokratike e Dardanisë''), a political party in Kosovo
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KF Dardania
See also
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Dardan (disambiguation)
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