Illyrian in a sentence

A team from the Center for Archaeology of Montenegro has found proofs of Illyrian Empire presence at the ancient city of Doclea, which derives from Illyrian tribe Docleati.

Archaeologists have found Illyrian dedications and offerings that were received by the oracle during the 7th century BC.

Findings from the site bear Greek and Illyrian influences.

Initially settled by Illyrian and Greek tribes during ancient times, Albania spent over four centuries as part of the Ottoman Empire.

While this was already known, archeologists have claimed that more proofs of the Illyrian presence resurfaced during the excavations.

According to Alberto Areddu Le Origini "albanesi" della civiltà in Sardegna, Naples, 2007 the Sherden were of Illyrian origin, on the basis of some lexical elements, unanimously acknowledged as belonging to the indigenous Substrate.

Although the French rule in the Illyrian Provinces was short-lived it significantly contributed to greater national self-confidence and awareness of freedoms.

En was an old Illyrian deity and in his honor in the Albanian language Thursday is called "Enjte".

He also maintained the rights of the Pope over Illyria and the position of the archbishop of Thessalonica as head of the local Illyrian church.

However, before the colony was created, the site had already been settled by Illyrians and "Scupi" is probably of Illyrian origin.

However, outside the towns Illyrian culture remained dominant.

In 378, after the disastrous Battle of Adrianople where Valens was killed, Gratian invited Theodosius to take command of the Illyrian army.

In Albanian/Illyrian " " also means to "move, flow, run".

In the second century AD, Ptolemy, the Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer and geographer, used the name Albanoi to refer to an Illyrian tribe that used to live in what is now central Albania.

Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word adur, meaning 'sea' or 'water'.

Most likely, the Bastarnae, in alliance with Dacians, were attempting to assist the hard-pressed Illyrian/Celtic tribes of Pannonia in their resistance to Rome.

Not enough Illyrian archaeological evidence is left behind however, to come to a definite conclusion.

Originally an Illyrian settlement, the Veneti entered the region in the 10th-9th c. BC and seem to have given the town its name, Tergeste, since terg* is a Venetic word meaning market (q.v. Oderzo whose ancient name was Opitergium).

Polybius gives as an image of society within an Illyrian kingdom as peasant infantry fought under aristocrats which he calls in Greek Polydynastae (Greek: Πολυδυνάστες) where each one controlled a town within the kingdom.

Proposed relationship to Latin or proto-Illyrian (Pre-Indo-European) at an earlier stage.