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- proper noun Name of the ancient
Roman province at theBalkan Peninsula .
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The name Illyricum was anciently applied to various regions, but later it was transferred to the upper mainland, that above Macedonia and
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Illyricum is the country now called Sclavonia, bordering upon Hungary.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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Aurelius Victor says, that Probus assumed the empire in Illyricum; an opinion which
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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He was born at Narbonne in Illyricum, confounded by
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The situation and character of Vetranio admitted of milder measures; and the policy of the Eastern emperor was directed to disunite his antagonists, and to separate the forces of Illyricum from the cause of rebellion.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Their numbers in Illyricum were so considerable, that the province complained of a scarcity of recruits.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Victoria, Marius, and Tetricus; in Illyricum and the confines of the Danube, Ingenuus, Regillianus, and Aureolus; in Pontus,
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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And though the Western portion of the Via Egnatia did not pass through the existing political division called Illyricum, it did lie within the region called in history and literature by that name.
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The daring march from Gaul to Illyricum is told with immense spirit; but the account of Julian's final campaign and death in Persia is still better, and can hardly be surpassed.
Gibbon James Cotter Morison 1860
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Adriatic and the Danube, known as Illyricum, which occupied him three years, A.D.
Ancient States and Empires John Lord 1852
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