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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 215 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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IAPYDES, or IAPODES

IAPYDES, or IAPODES , one of the three See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief peoples of See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

ILLYRIA

Illyria. They occupied the interior of the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country on the See also:

north between the Arsia (Arsa) and Tedanius (perhaps the Zermanja), which separated them from the Liburnians. Their territory formed See also:

PART

part of the See also:

MODERN

modern Croatia. They are described by See also:

STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo as a mixed See also:

RACE

race of Celts and Illyrians, who used See also:

CELTIC

Celtic weapons, tattooed themselves, and lived chiefly on spelt and See also:

millet. They were a warlike race, addicted to plundering expeditions. In 129 B.C. C. Sempronius Tuditanus celebrated a See also:

TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph over them, and in 34 B.C. they were finally crushed by See also:

AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus. They appear to have had a foedus with See also:

Rome, but subsequently rebelled. See Strabo iv. 207, vii. 313-315; Dio See also:

Cassius xlix.

35; See also:

APPIAN (Gr. 'Aairtavbs)

Appian, Illyrica, to, 14, 16; See also:

LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy, Epit.lix. 131; See also:

TIBULLUS, ALBIUS (c. 54–19 B.c.)

Tibullus iv. 1. 108; See also:

CICERO

Cicero, See also:

PRO

Pro See also:

BALBO, CESARE, COUNT (1789–1853)

Balbo, 14.

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