History of the Illyrians - Ancient Civilizations DOCUMENTARY

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Civilizations continues with an episode on the ancient Illyrians, as we discuss the primary sources talking about them, their geography, language, culture, religion history, who were the Illyrians, Archaic, Ancient, Hellenistic and Roman era Illyria, as well as, Illyria in late Antiquity.

Artwork: Vyacheslav Sheo, Vadym Berkutenko
Script: Christos Nicolaou

0:00 Introduction
0:45 Who Were the Illyrians?
2:02 Origins and Nomenclature
3:37 Archaic Illyria
5:04 Early Illyrian Kingdoms
6:37 Classical Illyria
9:57 Hellenistic Illyria
13:06 Roman Illyria
15:21 Culture, Society, and Religion
19:03 Conclusion and Legacy

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[ToniOkami]

I’m sure the comments will be full of friendly, respectful and engaging responses between many people of Balkan ethnicity

[JohnnyElRed]

All I know about the Illyrians is that they gave Rome a lot of headaches.

[binniwnl]

You forgot the Bellum Batonum (Illyrian Revolt) which is a good and important part of the History of

[robwalsh]

Ahh, a video on the Ancient Illyrians.
You know what that means?
A healthy and productive comment section 😆

[artemo.shapovaloff]

Not a single word on the Great Illyrian Revolt at the same time when 3 legions were massacred at Teutoburg?

[apollosdomain]

Hey, Kings and Generals can you guys do a video on the Basque people, one of the oldest people in Europe, their origins, languages, their early religions, and among other things of their multiple Millennia long presence/history.

[jetonbalidemaj]

Fun fact : Taulant, Dardan, illir, Ardian and Agron are still common Albanian male names
Fun fact #2 : The 90 year old Dardanian leader Bardylis (Bardhyll) means "white star" in Albanian

[darthveatay]

"An old geezer" never thought I'd hear those words on this channel

[ivicamagdalenic]

Recent finding near my Town on Peljesac peninsula in Croatia.
There are lots of burial mounds in hills near me.Tehy even found battle sight of legion clashing with Illyrians.
Lots of arrows, stones from balistas..

[thefallenvalley]

I think it's worth noting that Messapic, an Illyrian tribe and dialect of Illyrian has had itself decoded for decades by mostly Western linguists and they've concluded that Albanian is the only relative. There is already quite many books about it. I wouldn't that easily say that there is no known Illyrian languages to be alive. Where did Albanian language come from?

[ArjanEmini]

Thank you for making a documentary about Ilirians. Albanians are the only remaining authoctonous peoples group that still have preserved and use the Ilirian language customs and Names, although Ilyrian DNA is to be found from Croatia all the way to Northern Greece (Epirus). Ilir ( i lirë) in Albanian means free, referring to the free tribes inhabiting the whole Ilirian peninsula ( the concept of the Balkan Peninsula was created much later by a big blunder of the German geographer August Zeune in 1808, Balkan means 'chain of wooded mountains in Turkish). Albanians still use names as Agron, Teuta, Genti, Taulant, Afërdita, Adri-an/atik to name their children and this practice it is common. For example: the name Bardhyli ( king of Dardania, (Kosova region) means White star ( bardh-white; yll-star), many other names can be explained or broken down in their meaning by Ilyrian-Albanian embryomorphemes. Even the name of Dua Lipa has a meaning (dua - want/wish or love)

[mango]

Illyricum was always very important recruiting ground for the Romans even at the end. Losing Illyricum to the Eastern Roman Empire in 395 was a major blow. Stillicho tried to somehow get it back with the help of Alaric.

[williswameyo]

Queen Teuta of the Illyrians was a force to reckon with, .meaning the Illyrian women were as formidable as the men in leadership and warfare

[denissaliaj]

Taulantii tribe in greek was translated as Chelidoni which means Swallow Bird. Swallow bird in Arberesh Albanian is Tallandishe and in Albanian Dallandyshe. Also the names of the days of the week in albanian are half from the Illyrian Pantheon and half from the Roman one. 🇦🇱 love the video

[AlOfNorway]

How do you not know that many of the names you mentioned have meaning in Albanian? “I lire” means free. “I lire jam” means I am free. Bardhyl means white star. The strangeness of not mentioning the Albanian language connection to Illyrian is just weird and unscientific. The Albanian language is the only other big language besides Greek in the area to survive to this day. I am glad you made a clear distinction between when the Slavs arrived, as that is what happened. They came after the fall of Illyrians and had nothing to do with what happened there whatsoever.

[bolggamer]

Went to Croatia a couple of weeks ago and learned about the Histrians of what is now modern day Pula. Awesome man.

[ejtheron]

FINALLY!! Been waiting for ages for an Illyrian vid

[Utyug_]

coolest helmet of the period. rome should have adopted

[erdigashi]

Damn why did he make their names so greek. It’s not Bardolious it’s Bardhyl. Not Gentolis just Genti.

[mikemodugno]

Fantastic work, K&G! The Illyrians truly are a fascinating people. Would love to see more about the Apuli, the Messapians, or the numerous other peoples (ancient and medieval) of Southern Italy.