Wikipedia:WikiProject Illyria/Presentation



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The Illyrians were a confederation of Indo-European peoples subdivided into tribes and clans in a period coinciding with the end of the Bronze Age and beginning of the Iron Age. Their distribution area extended on the Balkan Peninsula along the Adriatic and Ionian Sea Coast within the Mediterranean Sea. In ancient Greek mythology, Illyrius was the son of Cadmus and Harmonia, who eventually ruled Illyria and became the founder of the Illyrian people.