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	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 412 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		King of Illyria, son of Scerdilai'das, and therefore probably a grandson of the preceding.
		He was put to death by Gentius, in order that the king might himself marry a daughter of Monunius who had been betrothed to his brother.
		A son of Gentius, king of Illyria, who was taken prisoner, together with his father, and carried captive to Rome.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2746.html (949 words)

	Macedonian - Roman Wars .: macedonia clasp of the world :. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In this period king of the Macedonians was Perseius (179-167 BC).
		In the war against the Roman on his side he got the Illyrians with their king Gentius, the Thrace tribe Odrissy, sympathies of the democrats of Athens.
		King Perseius and his family were taken to Rome and probably tortured and killed.
	popovashapka.com /macedoniainfo/history/ancient_wars.htm (497 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Festus
		Under seven kings through 243 years, Roman imperium did not advance beyond Portus and Ostia, within 18 miles from the gates of the city of Rome, seeing that she was as yet small and founded by shepherds, while neighboring cities were hemming her in.
		A federate king was ruling her, but so great was the poverty of Roman finances and so immense the report of the wealth of Cyprus that, after a law had been issued, Cyprus was ordered confiscated.
		The King of the Persians, Narses, fled; his wife and daughters were captured and kept with the utmost concern for their chastity.
	www.roman-emperors.org /festus.htm (5619 words)

	Livy: the Periochae of Books 41-45
		He turned out to be a very bad king, except for religion, because he built many splendid temples in the countries of his allies, like that of the Olympian Jupiter in Athens and the Capitoline Jupiter in Antioch.
		Gentius quoque, rex Illyricorum, cum rebellasset, a L. Anicio praetore victus venit in deditionem et cum uxore ac liberis et propinquis Romam missus.
		When king Gentius of the Illyrians revolted, he was also defeated, by praetor Lucius Anicius, and surrendered with his wife and children and relatives and was sent to Rome.
	www.livius.org /li-ln/livy/periochae/periochae041.html (1476 words)

	Timeline of Albanian history to 1993 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1272 Forces of the King of Naples occupy Durrës and establish an Albanian kingdom.
		King Zog's wife, Queen Geraldine Apponyi, and their infant son Leka flee to Greece.
		April 22 Francesco Jacomoni di San Savino is appointed the king's lieutenant-general (viceroy) in Albania.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timeline_of_Albanian_history_to_1993 (3535 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		Humbert III, the last lord of Dauphiné, ceded the province to Philip of Valois in 1349, on condition that the title be perpetuated by the eldest son of the king of France.
		king of the faeries and husband of Titania in medieval lore, from Fr.
		Tantalos, king of Phrygia, son of Zeus, punished in the afterlife (for an offense variously given) by being made to stand in a river up to his chin, under branches laden with fruit, all of which withdrew from his reach whenever he tried to eat or drink.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=king&searchmode=phrase (2574 words)

	Birds and Nature: The Blue Gentians
		During the reign of King Gentius, Illyria was devastated by the plague.
		So great was the mortality among his subjects, the pious king appointed a season of fasting, and prayed that if he shot an arrow into the air the Almighty would direct its descent, guiding it to some herb possessed of sufficient virtue to arrest the course of the disease.
		The king shot the arrow and in falling it cleft the root of a plant which, when tested, was found to possess the most astonishing curative powers, and did much to lessen the ravages of the plague.
	www.birdnature.com /oct1900/gentians.html (754 words)

	Macedonian-Romans wars , 215-167 BC
		By the long dynastic fights for the place of king Macedonia in the III century BC still kept its constitution and stayed the most powerful country in the Balkan Peninsula.
		In the period of the Macedonian King Phillip V (221-179 BC), Macedonia became target of the Roman conquers.
		King Perseius and his family were taken to Rome and probably torchered (tortured) and killed.
	www.mymacedonia.net /history/wars.htm (464 words)

	Livy's History of Rome
		Gentius had selected it as the stronghold, so to speak, of his kingdom, and it was by far the most strongly fortified and most difficult of access of any place in the country of the Libeates.
		To prevent the king from directing his attention elsewhere, the consul, at dawn on the following day, commenced an action with the enemy's outposts in the middle of the river-bed, and the fighting was kept up by the light infantry on both sides; heavier troops could not possibly fight on such uneven ground.
		The king was quite ready to give battle that day, but as his men were aware that the delay was due to the enemy he was quite content, and he too led his men back to camp.
	mcadams.posc.mu.edu /txt/ah/Livy/Livy44.html (17852 words)

	Classics Latin Greek Teaching Aids.
		The exiled deity came to Admetus king of Thessaly, and hired himself to be one of his shepherds, in which ignoble employment he remained nine years', from which circumstance he was called the god of shepherds, and at his sacrifices a wolf was generally offered, ns that animal is the declared enemy of the sheepfold.
		Auga, Augre, and Augea, daughter of Aleus king of Tegea by Neaera, was ravished by Hercules, and brought forth a son, whom she exposed in the woods to conceal her amours from her father.
		Auglas and Augreas, son of Eleus, or Elius, was one of the Argonauts, and afterwards ascended the throne of Elis.
	www.parsonsd.co.uk /lemprierea.php (12782 words)

	Livy's History of Rome
		The king with three who shared his flight went out at midnight through a door at the back of the house into the garden which was close to his room, and after climbing the wall with considerable difficulty succeeded in reaching the shore.
		Till the king had reached the fleet thus presented to him, L Cornelius Scipio was to be his constant attendant, and was to defray all expenses incurred by him and his suite.
		Polybius alleges that the king was unworthy of his regal title; he was in the habit of meeting the ambassadors who were sent to him with his head shaved, and wearing a freedman's cap, speaking of himself as the manumitted slave of Rome, and wearing the distinctive dress of this class on that account.
	mcadams.posc.mu.edu /txt/ah/Livy/Livy45.html (18260 words)

	King Gentius - TheBestLinks.com - History, Macedonia, Roman Empire, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, ...
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		He refused to start a war against Macedonia, and was defeated by the Roman Empire.
	www.thebestlinks.com /King_Gentius.html (93 words)

	History - The Ancient Illyrians - The Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In 359 BC, King Perdiccas III of Macedonia was killed by attacking Illyrians.
		In the Illyrian Wars of 229 BC and 219 BC, Rome overran the Illyrian settlements in the Neretva river valley and suppressed the piracy that had made the Adriatic unsafe.
		In 180 BC the Dalmatians declared themselves independent of the Illyrian king Gentius, who kept his capital at Skodra (Shkoder).
	home1.gte.net /vze7b2yg/id44.html (308 words)

	Eutropius, Abridgment of Roman History (Historiae Romanae Breviarium)
		The army, also, which was engaged with the king in besieging 455 Ardea, soon after deserted him; and the king himself, on going to the city, found the gates closed against him; and, after having reigned five-and-twenty years, was forced to take flight with his wife and children.
		King Tarquin, however, after his expulsion, stirred up war against Rome, and, having collected a large force from all quarters, in order that he might be reinstated on the throne, took the field.
		By kings in alliance with Rome he was not less venerated than feared, so that many nations among the barbarians, laying aside their arms, referred their controversies and disputes to him, and submitted to his decision.
	www.tertullian.net /fathers/eutropius_breviarium_2_text.htm (18374 words)

	Albania - HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		They argue that their ancestors settled in the region during the seventh century, that medieval Serbian kings were crowned there, and that the Serbs' greatest medieval ruler, Stefan Dusan, established the seat of his empire for a time near Prizren in the mid-fourteenth century.
		King Zog remained a hidebound conservative, and Albania was the only Balkan state where the government did not see fit to introduce a comprehensive land reform between the two world wars.
		The king's loyalists disarmed all of Albania's tribes except for his own Mati tribesmen and their allies, the Dibra.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/albania/HISTORY.html (16125 words)

	The Third Macedonian Was (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Eventually King Gentius in Illyria, having received ten of a promised 300 talents, arrested the Roman envoys.
		The king's real intentions are unclear; perhaps Polybius was right that he wished to make the Romans "more cautious about delivering harsh and unjust orders to Macedonians." The Senate listened to the unfavourable interpretations of Perseus' enemies, who claimed that the king's actions revealed an intent to attack Rome.
		He arranged dynastic marriages with other Hellenistic kings, taking the daughter of Seleucus IV as his wife and giving the hand of his sister to Prusias II of Bithynia.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /Macedonian3.htm (1664 words)

	history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In fact, the early history of the Macedonian kings is a constant struggle against Illyrian tribes.
		Illyria, however, remained a powerful kingdom with its capital at Skodra, until 180 BC, when the Dalmatians declared themselves independent of king Gentius.
		In 168 (3rd Roman-Illyrian War), Gentius came into political conflict with the Romans and annexed his kingdom.
	theillyrians.homestead.com /history.html (237 words)

	Gentian1.html
		King Gentius, in the second century BC, ruled Illyria, a Balkan country located in what is now Yugoslavia..
		The king believed that the roots of a certain flowering plant had medicinal value.
		He was wrong, but the plant has been associated with his name ever since, and so we have “Gentian” today.
	www.larkspurbooks.com /Gentian1.html (635 words)

	Letter K Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes
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		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article King Heuijong of Goryeo.
	www.mauspfeil.net /K_205.html (79 words)

	Ilirija Forum/Illyria Forum
		In 1925, Albania was proclaimed a republic under his presidency; in 1928 he became King Zog.
		Italy, whose political and economic influence in Albania had steadily increased, invaded the country in 1939, forcing Zog into exile and bringing Albania under Italian hegemony.
		The country was ruled by King Zog I until 1939 when it was occupied by Italy.
	network54.com /Forum/63400/thread/1101480752/...+on+during+WWII----- (1113 words)

	Timeline of Albanian history to 1993 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		King Glaucius of Illyria expels Greeks from Durrës.
		Roman forces capture Illyria's King Gentius at Shkodër.
		Forces of the King of Naples occupy Durrës and establish an Albanian kingdom.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Timeline-of-Albanian-history-to-1993.htm (3475 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Perseus gains the alliance of king Gentius of the Illyrians.
		Ptolemy and Cleopatra comes to Rome with the news that king Antiochus of Syria had attacked Egypt, winning a naval victory at Pelusium.
		King Prusias of Bithynia ravages the territory of Attalus, king of Pergamon and a Roman ally.
	www.stud.ntnu.no /~chrisjoh/tidslinje3.html (2296 words)

	The Flag of the World » Blog Archive » Albania: A long, hard crawl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		They showed up in Albania around 2000 BC and their first known king, Hyllus (the Star) died in 1225 B.C, were good at metalworking and at fighting each other and others.
		The Illyrians were pretty dominant over the area by the fourth century BC, under Bardhylus (White Star) which is when attacks from Alexander the Great’s father, Phillip of Macedon, started attacking it, which sent the region into a decline that, really, it hasn’t recovered from.
		In 165 BC, they had knocked off the last Illyrian king, Gentius, and by AD 9, the Romans had wrested control of the area from the various Illyrian tribes, and began the long tradition of splitting up the area of Albania into little bits.
	www.timothygoddard.com /blog?p=231 (2265 words)

	Behind the Name: Message: "Re: Anyone know this name?"
		Also it says: Latin gentius is "(well)-born" (in the entry for gingerly).
		Aboutnames.com claims the Albanian name is from the Latin root, but the author of that site does not list any sources that I could find.
		Because this message is archived you cannot respond to it.
	www.behindthename.com /bb_gen/arcview.php?id=42463 (135 words)

	Nature-Wise by Roy Lukes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A close relative, the Rocky Mountain fringed gentian, is the official flower of the Yellowstone National Park.
		The supposed discoverer of the medicinal properties of a particular gentian was Gentius, king of Illyria, during the second century B.C. It is the European gentian, G.
		Read his poem, "To the Fringed Gentian," then head for the Great-Out-Doors in quest of the fringed flower of King Gentius.
	www.doorbell.net /lukes/a090603.htm (707 words)

	Lucius Anicius Gallus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Anyway, as praetor, he served as legate under Paulus Aemilius in the Third Macedonian War.
		He distinguished himself by taking Scodra and capturing King Gentius, thereby subduing Illyria.
		He was honored for this feat by being allowed a triumph through Rome, where he was noted for causing a minor scandal by including boxers, dancers, and flute players in his triumph, something of a faux pas as most Romans considered such scenes to be a form of Greek decadence.
	www.angelfire.com /co/JCS3/000042.html (232 words)

	IGUVIUM - LoveToKnow Article on IGUVIUM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It appears to have been an important place in pre-Roman times, both from its coins and from the celebrated tabulae Iguvinae (see below),
		We find it in possession of a treaty with Rome, similar to that of the Camertes Umbri; and in 167 B.C. it was used as a place of safe custody for the Illyrian King Gentius and his sons (Livy xlv.
		After the Social War, in which it took no part, it received Roman citizenship.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /I/IG/IGUVIUM.htm (1252 words)

	Amazon.com: Rome and the Mediterranean : Books XXXI-XLV of the History of Rome from its Foundation (Penguin Classics): ...
		Titus Quinctius, King Antiochus, King Eumenes, Lucius Scipio, Appius Claudius, Achaean League, Marcus Fulvius, King Philip, Marcus Acilius, Tiberius Sempronius, Lucius Aemilius, Lucius Quinctius, Conscript Fathers, King Perseus, Marcus Porcius, Lucius Valerius, Publius Cornelius, Gnaeus Octavius, Gnaeus Manlius, Quintus Minucius, Valerius Antias, Quintus Fabius, King Attalus, Hither Spain, King Gentius
		Not only we find descriptions of battles and tactics, but a detailed account of the complex politics between the Greeks, the Macedonians, the Aetolians, the Acheans and the different kings of the multiple states of Greece and Asia, and their relationships with Rome.
		All this changing history of treacheries, pacts, leagues, alliances and complots is wonderfully and clearly portrayed, written with Livy's characteristic mastery of the craft.
	www.hri.org /cgi-bin/2elot?http://www.amazon.com:80/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140443185/ref=cm_bg_d_32/103-8517198-6863064?v=glance&s=books (1563 words)

	Pantagruelion: Chapter 50
		I find that plants are named in diverse ways.
		Similarly, grand and long wars were formerly waged between certain idle kings in Cappadocia, for the sole difference: the name of whom would name an herb: which for this debate was called polemonia, as causing war.
		Others have their name by antiphrasis and irony, like absinthe, undrinkable, because it is disagreeable to drink; holosteon, which is all bone: on the contrar, because there is no herb in nature more fragile and more tender than it is.
	www.pantagruelion.com /p/w/50/en.html (476 words)

	Prairie Gentian - Fall 1998
		There at your feet you may spot bits of blue sky fallen among the wine-red little bluestem and browning dock.
		Gentiana puberulenta, the prairie gentian, blooms from August to October and can survive nightime temperatures of 12°F. Gentians are named for King Gentius of Illyria (northwest of ancient Greece) who supposedly discovered the medicinal properties of gentians in the old world.
		Native peoples in the new world also knew these properties.
	chicagowildernessmag.org /issues/fall1998/prairiegentian.html (466 words)

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