CLAS 335 Lecture 17: Balkans and Dacia
27 Feb 2018
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Spasmodic ac(cid:2210)vity on the danube and in the balkans, as on the rhine. Tribes south of the danube forced to accept client status under augustus. Direct control of danube region not before mid-late rst century ce. Various peoples: celts, illyrians (cid:336)albania(cid:337), getae ne, thracians se; dacians n of the eastern danube. Octavian campaigned against lapodes and pannonae in (cid:402)(cid:404), delmatae in (cid:402)(cid:403)-(cid:402)(cid:402), for pres(cid:2210)ge. Pannonian war (cid:336)(cid:400)(cid:402)-9 bce(cid:337) secured middle of s danube. Rebellion in 6 ce, suppressed in 9 ce. 9 ce: illyricum divided into upper and lower. Ci(cid:2210)es founded in pannonia (cid:336)claudius and flavians(cid:337); le(cid:91) without a garrison by (cid:400)(cid:399)(cid:399) ce; Serbia(cid:337): bastarnae subdued in (cid:401)9-(cid:401)8 bce; largely una ected un(cid:2210)l flavians founded forts on danube. Li(cid:130)le more than a staging point for military: all se(cid:130)lements military camps, except old. Greek sites like tomis on the black sea. Rome dragged into thracian a airs, made thrace a province in (cid:403)6 ce.
