Appian's account of Roman campaigns in Illyria.
Start ReadingRome's first military operations across the Adriatic, prompted by Illyrian piracy threatening Italian trade routes.
Queen Teuta's Illyrian kingdom clashes with Rome when her pirates murder Roman ambassadors, giving the Senate its pretext for war.
Roman expeditions establish protectorates along the Illyrian coast, creating the bridgehead for future expansion into the Balkans.
Demetrius of Pharos provokes the Second Illyrian War by attacking Roman allies, giving Rome further control over the eastern Adriatic.
Rome's Illyrian campaigns secure its eastern flank and provide the staging ground for intervention in Greek affairs during the Macedonian Wars.