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The two Dalmatian commanders, Verzo and Testimus, surrendered and Octavian's campaign finished with the capture of the new Dalmatian capital Setovia (now Klis). The last revolts of the Dalmatae, under their federal leader Bato , against the Romans were in AD 6–9 during the Great Illyrian Revolt , which failed and resulted in the final ...
With the disruptions caused by further Roman civil wars in the years following, Dalmatian piracy in the Adriatic Sea became a problem again. [10] [11] In 35 BC, the Iapydes, the northernmost tribe of Dalmatia, carried out raids into northeastern Italy. They attacked Aquileia, and plundered Tergestus .
A series of Roman-Dalmatian Wars were fought for control of Dalmatia, The first war in 156 BC – 155 BC finished with the destruction of the Dalmatian capital Delminium by the Roman army. Additional wars were fought 118-117 BC and 78 BC-76 BC, the latter finishing with Rome's capture of the Dalmatian stronghold of Salona (near modern Split ...
Originally, the Romans also called the area Illyria and later, Illyricum. The Romans fought three Illyrian Wars (229 BC, 219/8 BC and 168 BC) mainly against the kingdom of the Ardiaei to the south of the region. In 168 BC, they abolished this kingdom and divided it into three republics. [1] The area became a Roman protectorate. The central and ...
The second Dalmatian war was fought in 119–118 BC, apparently ending in Roman victory as consul L. Caecilius Metellus celebrated triumph in 117 BC and assumed his surname Delmaticus. The third Dalmatian war 78–76 BC finished with the capture of Salona (port Solin near modern city Split) by the proconsul C. Cosconius. [12]
The equites Dalmatae (Latin for "Dalmatian horsemen") were a class of cavalry in the Late Roman army.They were one of several categories of cavalry unit or vexillatio created between the 260s and 290s as part of a poorly understood reorganization and expansion of Roman cavalry forces.
The Bellum Batonianum (Latin: War of the Batos) was a military conflict fought in the Roman province of Illyricum in the 1st century AD, in which an alliance of native peoples of the two regions of Illyricum, Dalmatia and Pannonia, revolted against the Romans. The last major location of the conflict between the Illyrian and the Romans was Arduba.
Salona became the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia, [6] because it sided with the future Roman Dictator Gaius Julius Caesar in the civil war against Pompey. Martia Iulia Valeria Salona Felix (the full name of the ancient city) was founded probably after the Roman civil wars under Julius Caesar. The early Roman city encompassed the area ...