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Overview

For more than a thousand years before the arrival of the Slavs in the sixth century AD, the lands between the Adriatic and the river Danube, now Yugoslavia and Albania, were the home of the peoples known to the ancient world as Illyrians. This book, now available in paperback, draws upon the considerable archaeological evidence that has become available since the Second World War to provide an account of the origins, culture, history and legacy of the Illyrians.

John Wilkes describes the geography of Illyria and surveys the region in the prehistoric, Greek, Roman and medieval periods. He discusses Illyrian art, material, culture, religion and customs. A ...

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Overview

For more than a thousand years before the arrival of the Slavs in the sixth century AD, the lands between the Adriatic and the river Danube, now Yugoslavia and Albania, were the home of the peoples known to the ancient world as Illyrians. This book, now available in paperback, draws upon the considerable archaeological evidence that has become available since the Second World War to provide an account of the origins, culture, history and legacy of the Illyrians.

John Wilkes describes the geography of Illyria and surveys the region in the prehistoric, Greek, Roman and medieval periods. He discusses Illyrian art, material, culture, religion and customs. A chapter examines the Illyrian language, of which little trace survives, and its connection with other Indo-European languages. Professor Wilkes also scrutinizes the linguistic evidence for the Illyrians' relatedness to other peoples - Thracian, Italic, Greek and Celtic. He concludes with a discussion of a possible survival of an Illyrian native culture in the Roman and Byzantine periods.

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal
Wilkes (archaeology, Univ. of London) has tackled the difficult task of presenting a people whose scarce artifacts lack the grandeur of other ancient societies and whose ethnic origins and relationships are still a matter for scholarly debate. The first chapter, a history of Illyrian studies, explains how present-day rivalries among Balkan ethnic groups have turned research into a matter of national pride, with some resultant distortion of facts. Relying on archaeological evidence and classical texts, the author then surveys the history (through late Roman times), material culture, religion, and customs of the tribes residing between the Adriatic and the Danube whom Greeks and Romans called Illyrians. Despite constant references to the region's geography, Wilkes provides only one small map to assist the reader; other titles in this series make much greater use of maps to indicate the locations or movements of peoples and pinpoint sites being discussed. Still, this is recommended for larger public and all academic libraries as a solid survey of the subject.--Edward K. Werner, St. Lucie Cty. Lib. System, Ft. Pierce, Fla.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780631198079
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 12/28/1995
  • Pages: 376
  • Series: The Peoples of Europe
  • Product dimensions: 9.00 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 0.78 (d)

Meet the Author

John Wilkes has conducted excavations on Hadrian's Wall and in Scotland. He has travelled extensively in Eastern Europe, and is currently excavating Sparta.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Pt. I The Search for Illyrians 1
1 Rediscovery of Illyrians 3
Illyrian studies 3
Illyrian landscapes 13
2 Prehistoric Illyrians 28
Illyrian origins: Stone and Bronze Ages 28
Iron Age Illyrians 40
3 Naming Illyrians 67
Illyrian language 67
Illyrian names 74
Pt. II Greek Illyrians 89
4 Neighbours of the Greeks 91
Adriatic Illyrians 91
Greeks among Illyrians 104
5 Enemies of Macedonia 117
Conquering kings: Philip, Alexander and Pyrrhus 117
Celts, Autariatae and Dardanians 137
6 Kingdom of Illyrians 156
A new power on the Adriatic 156
Roman alliance and conquest 170
Pt. III Roman Illyrians 182
7 Illyricum 183
Dalmatian and Pannonian Illyrians 183
Pax Romana 207
8 Life and Death among Illyrians 219
Ways of life 219
Burial and belief 241
9 Imperial Illyrians 254
Emperors from Illyricum 254
Medieval and modern Illyrians 267
Bibliography 281
Index 327
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