Examines Roman military and political conquest of the Western Balkans (Illyricum) between 229 BC and c. AD 68.

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Danijel Dzino is Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide.

Inhalt

1. Introduction, approaches, review of sources and secondary literature; 2. Illyricum in Roman foreign affairs: historical outline, theoretical approaches and geography; 3. Roman trans-Adriatic engagement (229-168 BC); 4. Rome across the Adriatic in the late Republic (167-59 BC); 5. The construction of Illyricum: Caesar in Illyricum and the civil war (59-44 BC); 6. Octavian in Illyricum; 7. From senatorial to imperial Illyricum: Bellum Pannonicum; 8. The failure of Greater Illyricum: the Bellum Batonianum; 9. Iulio-Claudians in Illyricum: the tale of two provinces; Conclusion. The construction of Illyricum in Roman political discourse; Timeline; Bibliography; Index.