Ardiaean

comparative more Ardiaean · superlative most Ardiaean

1. Pertaining to the Ardiaei.

   With these ports under Roman control, the Ardiaean challenge to Roman mastery of the Adriatic would be ended.

   2016, Gareth C. Sampson, Rome Spreads Her Wings

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   The Ardiaean monarchy, whose warships had caused serious trouble in the Straits of Otranto, was punished and greatly reduced in power; Rome also gained as informal 'friends' several Greek cities on the Illyrian coast and a couple of tribes a bit farther inland, all of which had been threatened by the Ardiaei.

   2011, Joseph Roisman, Ian Worthington, A Companion to Ancient Macedonia, page 228

   This shows the main Roman concern in the region—to protect Italian merchants in the Stratis of Otranto from Ardiaean piracy.

   2012, Arthur M. Eckstein, Rome Enters the Greek East

plural Ardiaeans

1. A member of the Ardiaei nation.

   The first named Illyrian "king" was Pleuratus II, an Ardiaean, who reigned from 260–250 BC.

   2023, Michael L. Galaty, Lorenc Bejko, Archaeological Investigations in a Northern Albanian Province, page 443

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   The Ardiaeans were seafarers – their coins ( and the modern 20 lek coin ) show a small, fast galley called a liburnis, which was a particular favourite of pirates – and in 229BC their attacks on Italian ships brought them to war with Rome, then emerging as the most powerful state in Italy.

   2008, Gillian Gloyer, Albania: The Bradt Travel Guide, page 4

   As a result, some of the Ardiaeans are killed by the Celts, while others throw themselves into a river, unable to control their stomachs. Thus, as a direct result of their lack of self-control, the Ardiaeans are destroyed by their enemies in a very shameful way.

   2010, Frances Anne Pownall, Lessons from the Past, page 152