Episode 9.2 - Bardylis

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Bardylis united the tribes of Illyria in the late 5th and early 4th century BC, created a powerful kingdom that held sway over Macedon and threatened the Peloponnese, and may have helped drive the development of the combined warfare that would allow Alexander to conquer the Persian Empire.

Sources

  • Didorus Siculus, Library of History

  • John Wilkes, The Illyrians

  • N.G.L. Hammond, Mediterranean Archaeology, “Macedonia Before Philip and Philip’s First Year in Power”

  • Timothy Howe, “Plain Tales from the Hills: Illyrian Influences on Argead Military Development”

  • N.G.L. Hammond, The Annual of the British School at Athens, “The Kingdoms in Illyria Circa 400-167 B.C.”

  • N.G.L. Hammond, Cambridge Ancient History, “Illyrians and North-West Greeks”

  • J.R. Ellis, Cambridge Ancient History, “Macedon and North-West Greece”

  • Robin Lane Fox, Ed., Brill’s Companion to Ancient Macedon

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