This is a list of settlements in Illyria founded by

Illyrians The Illyrians ( grc, Ἰλλυριοί, ''Illyrioi''; la, Illyrii) were a group of Indo-European-speaking peoples who inhabited the western Balkan Peninsula in ancient times. They constituted one of the three main Paleo-Balkan populations, a ...

(southern Illyrians,

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 ...

ans,

Pannonians This is a list of ancient tribes in the ancient territory of Illyria ( grc-gre, Ἰλλυρία; la, Illyria). The name ''Illyrians'' seems to be the name of a single Illyrian tribe that was the first to come into contact with the ancient Greeks ...

), Liburni,

Ancient Greeks Ancient Greece ( el, Ἑλλάς, Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity ( AD 600), that comprised a loose collection of cult ...

and the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Roman Republic, Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings aro ...

. A number of cities in

Illyria In classical antiquity, Illyria (; grc, Ἰλλυρία, ''Illyría'' or , ''Illyrís''; la, Illyria, ''Illyricum'') was a region in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula inhabited by numerous tribes of people collectively known as the Illyr ...

and later Illyricum were built on the sites or close to the sites of pre-existing Illyrian settlements, though that was not always the case. Some settlements may have a double entry, for example the Ancient Greek Pola, Roman Pietas Julia, and some

toponym Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of ''toponyms'' ( proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of ...

s are reconstructed.

Albania

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Croatia

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Kosovo

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Montenegro

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North Macedonia

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Serbia

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Illyrian settlements

Epicaria Epicaria ( Ancient Greek: Ἐπικάρια) or Durnium was a settlement in ancient Illyria, of the Illyrian tribe called the Cavii.The classical gazetteer: a dictionary of ancient geography, sacred and profane by William Hazlitt, 1851, "Epicaria ...

of the Cavii *

Eugenium Eugenium was a village or fort of the Illyrian Parthini whose location is still unknown.The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 8: Rome and the Mediterranean to 133 BC by A. E. Astin, , 1990, page 92 See also * Parthini *List of settlements in Illy ...

The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 8: Rome and the Mediterranean to 133 BC by A. E. Astin, , 1990, page 92 village or fort of the Partheni

Liburnian cities

* Gissa or Cissa – modern Caska near Novalja * Pasinium – unknown position in Ražanac – Vinjerac –

Posedarje Posedarje (, it, Possedaria) is a municipality in Zadar County Zadar County ( hr, Zadarska županija ) is a county in Croatia, it encompasses northern Dalmatia and southeastern Lika. Its seat is the city of Zadar. Geography Among the la ...

range * Sidrona of the Sidrini * Scardona * Tarsatica –

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Prim ...

* Ortoplinia or Ortopula – Stinica in Municipality of Senj * Vegia or Vegium

Venetic cities

* IramenePliny's Natural History, Book 3, (C. Plinii Secundi Naturalis Historiæ, Liber III), Chap. 23. (19.) – Istria, Its People and Locality."In this district there have disappeared—upon the coast—Iramene, Pellaon, and Palsatium, Atina and Cælina belonging to the Veneti " * Pellaon * Palsatium * Atina, Istria * Caelina * Volcera

Roman cities

* Gabuleus * Crevenia * Corragum fortress * Clodiana * Marusium A very small part of the Roman province of Italia included Istria. * ArucciaPtolemy
/ref> * Arauzona * Arba, Scardona * Aleta, Dalmatia * Berginium * Ausancali * Jader * Herona * Senia, Liburnia. * Adra, Liburnia * Sicum * Blanona, Liburnia * SiparuntumThe central Balkan tribes in pre-Roman times: Triballi, Autariatae ... by Fanula Papazoglu, 1978, page 250, "Town in the interior of Dalmatia, located between Scodra and Siparuntum." * Ouporum * Iminacium * Stulpi * Ardotium mentioned by Pliny and Ptolemy to be at inland Liburnia * Collentum * Tediastum inland Liburnia, along river Tedanius * Curcum * Vicianum * Velanis

Mislocated

Thermidava Thermidava is a toponym used by Ptolemy in relation to a settlement in the route of the Roman army during the Dacian campaign (101-106 CE) of Emperor Trajan. In the context of Ptolemy's narrative the settlement was located along the Lissus- Naissu ...

, placed by Ptolemy on the Lissus- Naissus route. The toponym is most probably a misreading of a settlement which most scholars in contemporary research locate near present-day

Banat Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of ...

, Serbia. *

Quemedava Quemedava was an ancient Dacian city in Dardania mentioned by Procopius.Ethnic continuity in the Carpatho-Danubian area by Elemér Illyés,1988,,p. 223 See also * Dacian davae * List of ancient cities in Illyria * List of ancient cities in Thr ...

mentioned by Procopius in Dardania.

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