At the height of their power, the illyrian frontiers extended from the danube river southward to the adriatic sea and from there eastward to the šar mountains. The term illyria has both geographical and cultural connotations, referring to both the area and its people. Illyria proved to have had strong warriors, so the emperors recruited them in order to serve with the roman legions and even in the praetorian guard
Several emperors of the late roman empire were of illyrian origin, including claudius ii gothicus, aurelion, dioletian and constantine the great. Illyria was a region in the western balkans, inhabited by the illyrians, an ancient group of tribes Its borders stretched from the danube river to the adriatic sea and the šar mountains.
It covered much of the western and central balkans. Albania is located at the crossroads of the eastern adriatic and was known as illyria and epirus throughout the classical era It played a strategic role in ancient times and was a point of contact between illyrian, greek, and roman civilizations. In the earliest days of what is known about illyria, the region was dominated by loosely organized tribal groups
These tribes were not unified under a single leadership, but they coexisted in fragmented communities. Illyria , ancient country, northwestern balkan peninsula, southeastern europe
