This is a list of settlements in Illyria founded by Illyrians (southern Illyrians, Dardanians, Pannonians), Liburni, Ancient Greeks and the Roman Empire. A number of cities in Illyria 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 toponyms are reconstructed.
Albania
Identified sites
# Settlement Habi-tation Location Geographic coordinates 1 Ad Acroceraunia Near Llogara Pass . 2 Ad Quintum Bradashesh 3 Akrolissos, Lissus Lezhë ; . 4 Amantia Ploç 5 Antipatrea Berat ; ; . 6 Apollonia Pojan 7 Aulon Vlorë ; . 8 Bushat Bushat ; ; . 9 Byllis Hekal . 10 Cerje southeast of Vlorë ; . 11 Dimale Krotinë ; . 12 Dukat Dukat ; . 13 Enchelanae above Pogradec, ; . 14 Epidamnos Durrës . 15 Gajtan Gajtan . 16 Grunas Grunas 17 Kodrion Tac hill, Kalaja e Irmajt, Mt. Tomorr, Gramsh D. 18 Kratul Kratul 19 Kukës Kukës 20 Lofkënd Lofkënd ; . 21 Hija e Korbit Maliq . 22 Margëlliç Margëlliç 23 Mat Mat 24 Matohasanaj Matohasanaj . 25 Nikaia Klos . 26 Nymphaion (sanctuary) Selenicë ; ; ; . 27 Nymphaion (harbour) Shëngjin 28 Olympe Mavrovë 29 Orikon Orikum ; ; . 30 Pelion Pojan Korce, River Devoll ; ; . 31 Persqopi Tirana 32 Rabije Rabije . 33 Redon Cape of Rodon 34 Scampa Elbasan 35 Selcë e Poshtme Selcë e Poshtme ; . 36 Scodra Shkodër ; . 37 Thermidava Rosujë 38 Thronion Kaninë, above Vlorë ; ; ; ; .; . 39 Tren Tren . 40 Triport Peninsula north of Vlorë ; . 41 Zgërdhesh Zgërdhesh
Unidentified sites
Settlement Description Proposed location Albanopolis Zgërdhesh ; . Bargulum near Berat Bassania Pedhanë or Bushat ; Nauka W Polsce 2018. Boioi On the shore of Lake Ohrid . Chrysondyon — ; . Creonion — Damastion — ; . Gertous — Kerax On the shore of Lake Ohrid Parthus Berat ; . Sation On the shore of Lake Ohrid Sesarethus Near lakes Ohrid and Prespa . Uscana —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Identified sites
# Settlement Description Location Geographic coordinates 1Ad MatricemTarčin2ArdotonKnown from ancient records as a prominent settlement of the Daesitiates, though few megalithic ruins survive.Central Bosnia 3 Arduba Vranduk Stipčević, Aleksandar, The Illyrians-History and Culture, 1974, Noyess Press4Aquae SulphuraeIlidža5Bona6CurictaA fortified settlement belonging to the Delmatae.Livno 7 Daorson Megalithic "cyclopean" walls resembling Mycenae. Major political and administrative center of the Daorsi. Ošanjići near Stolac .Dalmatia: research in the Roman province 1970-2001: papers in honour of J. J. Wilkes by David Davison, Vincent L. Gaffney, Emilio Marin, 2006, page 21, "completely Hellenised town." 8 Delminium The primary fortress and political capital of the Delmatae. It was destroyed by the Romans in 155 BC. Tomislavgrad 9 Hedum Kastelum Breza 10MogorjeloČapljina11NarentaTrading place (Greek: emporion), where Illyrian tribes actively exchanged goods with Greek merchants from the Adriatic.near Svitava12Sarnade / SeretionMentioned as settlements for the Pannonian and Maezaei tribes in northern Bosnia.Prnjavor
Unidentified sites
# Settlement Description Proposed locationGeographic coordinates 1Bistue / Bistua NovaVitez or Zenica2 Salvia Near Bosansko Grahovo .
Croatia
Identified sites
# Settlement Description Location Geographic coordinates 1 Aenona Nin S. Čače, Broj liburnskih općina i vjerodostojnost Plinija(Nat. hist. 3, 130; 139–141), Radovi Filozofskog fakulteta u Zadru, 32, Zadar 1993., pages 1–36 2 Aequum Čitluk/Donji Grčići The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (eds. Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald, Marian Holland McAllister), " AEQUUM (Čitluk) Croatia, Yugoslavia. The Roman Colonia Claudia Aequum was situated 6 km N of Sinj. It was founded by the emperor Claudius sometime after AD 45 and settled with the veterans of Legio VII when they left the neighboring camp at Tilurium for Moesia." 3 Alvona Labin Dalmatia by J. J. Wilkes, 1969, page 194, "By the early years of Augustus the inhabitants of Alvona the Alutrenses..." 4 Andetrium Muć . 5 Apsorus Osor 6 Arba Rab 7 Argyruntum Starigrad 8 Aspálathos Split . 9 Asseria Near Podgrađe 10 Burnum Near Kistanje The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (eds. Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald, Marian Holland McAllister), "BURNUM (Ivoševci by Kistanje) Croatia, Yugoslavia.The military camp of Legio XI Claudia Pia Fidelis situated over the gorge of the Krka (Titius) river just opposite the Dalmatian hill fort on the E river bank..." 11 Colentum Near Betina 12 Corinium Near Benkovac ; Bagendon: a Belgic oppidum: a record of the excavations of 1954–56 – page 1 by Elsie M. Clifford – 1961 – "Chapter I the Bagendon Site the Identification of Corinium ... and was therefore called by the Roman Corinium" 13 Crepsa Cres 14 Curicum Krk 15 Epetium Stobreč 16 Epidaurum Cavtat 17 Flanona Plomin Dalmatia by J. J. Wilkes, 1969, page 195, "At Flavona the native population was well established and stood up better to the effects of Italian settlement in the first century..." 18 Fulfinum Near Omišalj ; The archaeology of Roman towns: studies in honour of John S. Wacher, , page 235, by J. S. Wacher, Peter R. Wilson, 2003, "The reward was the status of Roman colony and an infusion of new settlers, granted either by Caesar himself [...] at Fulfinium and in the south on the" 19 Iader or Idassa Zadar 20 Issa Vis . 21 Lopsica Sveti Juraj 22 Lumbarda Lumbarda 23 Melaina Korkyra Korčula 24 Mursa Osijek 25 Narona Momići , "There had been an emporion or trading post on the site from the 2nd century BC, Pola, now Pietas Julia..."The Roman army, 31 BC-AD 337: a sourcebook – page 215 by J. B. Campbell, , 1994, "The civilian colony of Narona had been founded at the end of Caesar's dictatorship..." 26 Nedinum Nadin 27 Nesactium Nesactium . 28 Pharos Hvar . 29 Pola Pula 30 Portunata Novalja 31 Promona Tepljuh . 32 Salona Solin Excavations at Salona, Yugoslavia, 1969–1972: conducted for the Department of Classics, Douglass College, Rutg, by Christoph W. Clairmont, 1975, , page 4, "If we are correct in our interpretation of the earliest finds from Salona, the emporion, even if very small, was a settlement in a strategic position..."The Cambridge ancient history, Volume 10 by Alan K. Bowman, Edward Champlin, Andrew Lintott, page 845, "The colony of Salona on the Dalmatian coast used almost identical formulae in dedicating an altar of Jupiter Optimus Maximus..." 33 Senia Senj 34 Tilurium Near Trilj 35 Tragurion or Tragorium Trogir Croatia, 2nd: The Bradt Travel Guide Croatiaby Piers Letcher, 2005, , page 225, "... History Trogir started out in the 3rd century BC; as Tragurion, an offshoot of the Greek colony of Issa (on Vis), ..." 36 Varvaria Bribir
Unidentified sites
Settlement Description Proposed location Nareste Near Omiš Oneum Omiš Pituntium Podstrana Dalmatia by J. J. Wilkes, 1969, page 227, "In this area were three small communities of the Delmatae Pituntium(Podstrana) Nareste(Jenesice) and Oneum (Omis)..." Saloniana Imotski Setovia Sinj Tariona Near Grebaštica ; .
Kosovo
Identified sites
# Settlement Description Location Geographic coordinates 1 Municipium Dardanorum Soqanicë . 2 Romajë Romajë . 3 Busavatë Busavatë 4 Ulpiana Ulpiana The Roman army as a community: including papers of a conference held at ...by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy, Ian Haynes, Colin E. P. Adams, , 1997, page 100 5 Vindenis Gllamnik Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar, Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë, Tiranë, 2009, fq. 2870 – 2871. . 6 Vlashnjë Vlashnjë 7 Topanicë Topanicë 8 Dubovc Dubovc 9 Dardana Fortress Kamenica
Unidentified sites Settlement Description Proposed location Theranda Suhareka or Prizren Siparantum Achieved municipium status during Roman occupation Peja Cërrnica Destroyed by Celtic raids in 279 BC Near Gjilan
Montenegro
Identified sites
# Settlement Description Location Geographic coordinates 1 Acruvium Kotor 2 Anderba, Enderon Nikšić 3 Buthoe Budva 4 Doclea Podgorica 5 Gostilj Gostilj 6 Meteon Medun 7 Oblun Oblun 8 Perast Perast 9 Rhizon Risan 10 Samobor Samobor 11 Stara Gradina Stara Gradina 12 Ulkinion Ulcinj
Unidentified sites
Settlement Description Proposed location Lontodocla Along the Zeta River .
North Macedonia
Identified sites
# Settlement Description Location Geographic coordinates 1 Lychnidos Ohrid 2 Oaeneon, Oaeneum Tetovo 3 Scupi Skopje The Roman army as a community: including papers of a conference held at ...by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy, Ian Haynes, Colin E. P. Adams, , 1997, page 39, "...the colony at Scupi which lost its original title Domitiana after Domitians death..." 4 Trebeništa Trebeništa, Debarca
Unidentified sites
Settlement Description Proposed location Damastion —
Serbia
Identified sites
# Settlement Description Location Geographic coordinates 1 Navissos, Naissus Niš The central Balkan tribes in pre-Roman times: Triballi, Autariatae ... by Fanula Papazoglu, 1978, page 198, "... the Peutinger Table marks 40 miles from Naissus, on the Naissus-founded by Auielian..."
Unidentified sites
Settlement Description Proposed location Damastion —
Illyrian settlements Epicaria of the CaviiThe classical gazetteer: a dictionary of ancient geography, sacred and profane by William Hazlitt, 1851, "Epicaria a town of the Cavii in Illyria." EugeniumThe 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 range Sidrona of the SidriniDalmatia by J. J. Wilkes, 1969, page 216, "Little is known about Sidrona the city of the Sidrini." Scardona Tarsatica – Rijeka 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
Andautonia
A very small part of the Roman province of Italia included Istria. Aruccia Arauzona Arba, ScardonaDalmatia: research in the Roman province 1970–2001: papers in honour of J.J, page 108, by David Davison, Vincent L. Gaffney, J. J. Wilkes, Emilio Marin, , 2006, "For instance, the town walls of Arba were constructed under Augustus..."The archaeology of Roman towns: studies in honour of John S. Wacher, page 237, by J. S. Wacher, Peter R. Wilson, , 2003, "Roman island towns in Liburnia were Arba..." Aleta, Dalmatia Berginium Ausancali Jader Herona Senia, Liburnia. Adra, Liburnia SicumRoman life and manners under the early Empire – page 302 – by Ludwig Friedlaender – 1965, "Claudius settled veterans at Cumae, Cologne, Sicum in Dalmatia, Camulodunum in Britain, ..." 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, 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, Serbia. Quemedava mentioned by Procopius in Dardania.
See also List of ancient tribes in Illyria List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia Ancient geographic names in Croatia
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