ardiaean

Example Sentences

• "The Ardiaean monarchy, whose warships had caused serious trouble in the Straits of Otranto, was punished and greatly reduced in power; Rome also gained as informal 'friends' several Greek cities on the Illyrian coast and a couple of tribes a bit farther inland, all of which had been threatened by the Ardiaei."
• "This shows the main Roman concern in the region—to protect Italian merchants in the Stratis of Otranto from Ardiaean piracy."
• "With these ports under Roman control, the Ardiaean challenge to Roman mastery of the Adriatic would be ended."
• "The Ardiaeans were seafarers – their coins ( and the modern 20 lek coin ) show a small, fast galley called a liburnis, which was a particular favourite of pirates – and in 229BC their attacks on Italian ships brought them to war with Rome, then emerging as the most powerful state in Italy."
• "As a result, some of the Ardiaeans are killed by the Celts, while others throw themselves into a river, unable to control their stomachs. Thus, as a direct result of their lack of self-control, the Ardiaeans are destroyed by their enemies in a very shameful way."
• "The first named Illyrian "king" was Pleuratus II, an Ardiaean, who reigned from 260–250 BC."