ILLYRIA: THE REGION Illyria was a name applied to the western part of the Balkan Peninsula. The ancient historian, Appian, describes the Illyrians inhabiting the land beyond Macedon and Thrace from Chaonia and Thesprotia (western Greece) to the Danube River (Serbia) and extending west to Pannonia and the Adriatic Sea. A more modern explanation would comprise the former Yugoslavia and Albania. However, the boundaries of Illyria were never clearly defined. Artifacts of Illyrian type have been found on the eastern shores of Italy as well western Greece. The Roman province "Illyricum" was not synonymous with Illyria. The boundaries often changed and included a far greater area than Illyria Proper.

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