Illyria is the name given to the ancient region of the Balkans on the Adriatic coast from which most historians of the Balkans believe modern Albanians descend. This illuminating work by the celebrated archaeologist, Arthur Evans, examines the lives of the ancient Illyrians and contains many penetrating insights into the region. Drawing on his extensive travels in the area in the 1880s, Ancient Illyria presents for the first time Evans' original analysis of the diverse archaeological sites of the region to construct a full and fascinating history. Never before published as a single volume, this classic work is still the best account and contains the most detailed research into the subject. Fully illustrated and including pictures of some Roman inscriptions which were later destroyed during the Serbian occupation of Kosovo, this invaluable guide to the archaeology and history of ancient Illyria is an essential text for all historians and everyone interested in the Balkans.
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Arthur Evans was born in 1851 and educated at Harrow School, Brasenose College, Oxford and the University of Göttingen. He is most famous for his work on the palace of Knossos in Crete, which he identified as the centre of the thriving civilisation he dubbed 'Minoan', but he was also passionately interested in the history and archaeology of ancient Illyria and travelled extensively in the area as Balkan correspondent for the Manchester Guardian in the 1880s. From 1884 to 1908 he was Curator of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford and his numerous books include The Palace of Minos, Scripta Minoa and The Adriatic Slavs and The Overland Route to Constantinople.
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Good book but I'm not completely satisfied. It focuses more on the Roman period rather than Ancient Illyrian times. After all i found some interested things specially in the Dardanian chapter. Cheers
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the book is very interesting for europeans who do not learn much about the balkan states
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OWING to the neighbourhood of the civilized republic of Ragusa, which sprang as it were from the ashes of the Graeco-Roman city, the antiquities of the Dalmatian Epidaurus have been investigated from the early days of the Renascence. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
consular denarii, milliary column, autonomous coins, small brass pieces, sepulchral slab, seventh legion, thermal station, votive altar, sepulchral inscription, ancient fragments, ruined site Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ragusa Vecchia, Middle Ages, Dacia Mediterranea, Justiniana Prima, Sveti Ilija, Von Hahn, Roman Municipium, Mokro Polje, Tabula Peutingeriana, Ancient Illyria, King Bela, Kossovo Polje, Bulgarian Morava, Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Geographer of Ravenna, Justiniana Secunda, Mount Karsjak, Professor Tomaschek, Roman Empire, Dinaric Alps, Edward Brown, Ephemeris Epigraphica, Markova Rjeka, North Albanian Alps, Professor Mommsen New!
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OWING to the neighbourhood of the civilized republic of Ragusa, which sprang as it were from the ashes of the Graeco-Roman city, the antiquities of the Dalmatian Epidaurus have been investigated from the early days of the Renascence. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
consular denarii, milliary column, autonomous coins, small brass pieces, sepulchral slab, seventh legion, thermal station, votive altar, sepulchral inscription, ancient fragments, ruined site Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ragusa Vecchia, Middle Ages, Dacia Mediterranea, Justiniana Prima, Sveti Ilija, Von Hahn, Roman Municipium, Mokro Polje, Tabula Peutingeriana, Ancient Illyria, King Bela, Kossovo Polje, Bulgarian Morava, Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Geographer of Ravenna, Justiniana Secunda, Mount Karsjak, Professor Tomaschek, Roman Empire, Dinaric Alps, Edward Brown, Ephemeris Epigraphica, Markova Rjeka, North Albanian Alps, Professor Mommsen New!
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- The Second World War, 1939-45 (Links: Twentieth Century World History Books series) by David Evans in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Disraeli, Gladstone & the Eastern Question by R. W Seton-Watson in Front Matter
- The First World War (Teach Yourself History) by David Evans in Front Matter
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