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Book II, Chapter 15

Location of Illyria or Liburnia, and of Dalmatia
(Fifth Map of Europe)

Illyriaº is terminated on the north by both Pannonias along those borders which we have referred to above; on the west by Istria along that line,

It is bounded on the east by Upper Moesia along the line which leads from the indicated entrance of the Save into the Danube as far as the Scardus mountains,

It is bounded on the south by the part of Macedonia along that line which runs from the indicated terminus to the Adriatic bay,

and then by the coast of the Adriatic to the indicated terminus near Istria. The several parts of its boundaries are in the following order: after Istria then the land of Italia. In Illyria:

The maritime shore of Liburnia

Maritime shore of Dalmatia

The river Drilo flows from the Scardus mountains and from that other mountain which is near the middle of Upper Moesia,

From this another river, the Drinus, joining the Save river, empties into it on the west of the town Tauruno.

The Ispydes, the Hyllaei and the Bulimenses inhabit this Istrian province bordering on the seacoast; above these in Liburnia toward the west are the Mazaei, then the Derriopes and the Derri, and above the Derriopes are the Dindari, above these are the Ditiones, and above the Derri are the Cerauni; in Dalmatia are the Daursi, below whom are the Melcomenii and the Vardaei, below these are the Narensi and the Sardiotae and below these are the Siculotae, the Docleatae, the Pirustae, and the Scirtones near Macedonia.

The inland towns of Liburnia are

The inland towns of Dalmatia are

The islands near Liburnia are Apsorrus, in which are two towns

and Curicta, in which are two towns

and the island Scardona, in which are two towns

Near Dalmatia are the islands

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