Ardiaean-Labeatan dynasty

This is a list of Illyrian rulers (kings and queens) from the Ardiean-Labeatan dynasty:

• Pleuratus II: reigned in a time of peace and prosperity for the Illyrian kingdom.,^[1] ruled BC 260 ~ BC 250
• Agron of Illyria: reigned from 250 BC to 230 BC. In 231 BC, Agron possessed the most powerful land army and navy, of any of the kings who had reigned Illyria before him. He extended the kingdoms' borders in the north and south.^[2]
• Queen Teuta (regent for Pinnes): forced to come to terms with the Romans in 227 BC.^[3]
• Demetrius of Pharos: surrenders to the Romans at Pharos in 218 BC and flees to Macedonia.,^[4] ruled B.C 222~B.C 219
• Scerdilaidas: allied with Rome to defeat Macedonia in 208 BC.,^[5] ruled B.C 218~B.C 206
• Pinnes: too young to become king; ruled under the regency of Teuta, Demetrius and Scerdilaidas.,^[6] ruled B.C 230~B.C 217
• Pleuratus III: rewarded by the Romans in 196 BC, with lands annexed by the Macedonians.,^[7] ruled B.C 205~B.C 181
• Gentius: defeated by the Romans in 168 BC during the Third Illyrian War; Illyrian kingdom ceased to exist while the king was taken prisoner.,^[8] ruled B.C 181~B.C 168
• Ballaios: Ruled from c. 167 BC to c. 135 BC over the city of Rhizon and surrounding areas after Roman occupation, until 135 BC.^[9]

Coin of Gentius.

See also

• Ardiaei
• Labeatae
• Illyrian kingdom
• Enchelean-Taulantian dynasty

References

1. Fanula Papazoglu (1965), "Les origines et la destinée de l'état Illyrien," p. 143
2. Studies concerning Epirus and Macedonia before Alexander by Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, page 105.
3. Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, p. 120, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 158, "Illyrian success continued when command passed to Agron's widow Teuta, who granted individual ships a licence to universal plunder. In 231 AC the fleet and army attacked Ells and Messenia..."
4. A History of Rome to A.D. 565 – p. 111 by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak, William Gurnee Sinnigen,"The island of Pharos and some adjacent territory in Illyria were given to a Greek adventurer, Demetrius of Pharos"
5. Épire, Illyrie, Macédoine: mélanges offerts au professeur Pierre Cabanes by Danièle Berranger, Pierre Cabanes, Danièle Berranger-Auserve, page 137
6. Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 162, "...revival of Illyrian power under Demetrius of Pharos, who had succeeded Teuta and married Triteuta, mother of the infant King Pinnes."
7. The Illyrians by J. J. Wilkes, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, pages 121, 156, 167, 170–174, 190
8. Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 221, "Ardiaei from which intoxicated men were conveyed home by their women who had also participated to the overindulgence of their kings Agron and Gentius..."
9. Épire, Illyrie, Macédoine: mélanges offerts au professeur Pierre Cabanes by Danièle Berranger, Pierre Cabanes,Danièle Berranger-Auserve, page 145

Bibliography

• Bilić, Tomislav (2020). "Greek-Illyrian coinage of the central Adriatic region: an overview". TEME (LATINA & GRAECA – NOVA SERIJA 38). ISSN 1820-7804.
• Dyczek, Piotr (2019). "Illyrian King Ballaios, King Agron and Queen Teuta from ancient Rhizon". ANODOS Studies of the Ancient World (13/2013). Trnavská univerzita v Trnave, Filozofcká fakulta: 195–202. ISSN 1338-5410.