While the Illyrians are largely recorded under the ethnonyms of Illyrioi (Ἰλλυριοί) and Illyrii, these appear to be misspelt renditions by Greek … See more

Archaeology
The Illyrians emerged from the fusion of PIE-descended Yamnaya-related population movements ca. 2500 BCE in the Balkans with … See more

Iron Age
Depending on the complexity of the diverse physical geography of the Balkans, See more

Language
The languages spoken by the Illyrian tribes are an extinct and poorly attested Indo-European language group, … See more

The terms Illyrians, Illyria and Illyricum have been used throughout history for ethnic and geographic contextualizations that have changed … See more

Different versions of the genealogy of the Illyrians, their tribes and their eponymous ancestor, Illyrius, existed in the ancient world both in fictional and non-fictional Greco-Roman literature. The fact that there were many versions of the genealogical story of … See more

Social and political organisation
The structure of Illyrian society during classical antiquity was characterised by a conglomeration of numerous tribes and small realms ruled by … See more