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[[File:Map of ancient Epirus and environs.png|right|thumb|200px|Dardania prior to Roman conquest, shown with red on the upper part of the map]]

 

Located at the [[Thraco-Illyrian]] contact zone, their identification as either an [[Illyrians|Illyrian]] or [[Thracians|Thracian]] tribe is uncertain.<ref name="Wilkes, J. J 1992, page 85">Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 85, "Whether the Dardanians were an Illyrian or a Thracian people has been much debated and one view suggests that the area was originally populated with Thracians who {{sic|?|where}} then exposed to direct contact with illyrians over a long period..."</ref><ref>The central Balkan tribes in pre-Roman times: Triballi, Autariatae, Dardanians, Scordisci and Moesians, Amsterdam 1978, by Fanula Papazoglu, ISBN 90-256-0793-4, page 131, "...the Dardanians ... living in the frontiers of the Illyrian and the [[Thracian]] worlds retained their individuality and, alone among the peoples of that region succeeded in maintaining themselves as an ethnic unity even when they were militarily and politically subjected by the Roman arms [...] and when at the end of the ancient world, the Balkans were involved in far-reaching ethnic perturbations, the Dardanians, of all the Central Balkan tribes, played the greatest part in the genesis of the new peoples who took the place of the old"</ref> Their territory itself was not considered part of [[Illyria]]<ref>The central Balkan tribes in pre-Roman times: Triballi, Autariatae...Fanula Papazoglu, 1978, page 217</ref> by [[Strabo]]. The term used for their territory was ({{lang-grc|Δαρδανική}}),<ref>The central Balkan tribes in pre-Roman times: Triballi, Autariatae... Fanula Papazoglu, 1978, page 523</ref> while for other tribes had more unspecified terms, such as ({{lang-grc|Αὐταριατῶν χώρα}}) for the [[Autariatae]]. Other than that, little to no data<ref>The central Balkan tribes in pre-Roman times: Triballi, Autariatae... Fanula Papazoglu, 1978, page 187, "We have very little information about the territory of the Dardanians before its inclusion in the Roman state,..."</ref> exists on the territory of the Dardanii prior to Roman conquest, especially on its southern extent.

 

==Name and mythic origins==

==Dardanian Kingdom==

The domain of the Dardanian kings was made up of many<ref>The central Balkan tribes in pre-Roman times: Triballi, Autariatae ... by Fanula Papazoglu, 1978, ISBN-9025607934, page 445, "The assumption that the Dardanian kingdom was composed of a considerable number of tribes and tribal groups, finds confirmation in Strabo's statement about"</ref> tribes. The first and most prominent king of the Dardani was [[Bardyllis]]<ref name="Harding, Philip 1985, p. 93"/> who ruled from 385 BC to 358 BC. He was perhaps succeeded by [[Grabos]] (358 BC - 356 BC)<ref name="Harding p. 93">Harding, p. 93. Grabos became the most powerful Illyrian king after the death of Bardylis in 358.</ref><ref name="Simon Hornblower 2002, page 272">The Greek world, 479-323 BC by Simon Hornblower, 2002, ISBN-0415163269, page 272</ref> that may have been<ref name="J. Wilkes 1992, p. 121">The Illyrians by J. J. Wilkes, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, p. 121, "The Illyrians of Grabus are unlikely to have been the subjects of Bardyllis defeated only two years earlier though some have suggested Grabus was his son and successor."</ref> Bardyllis's son. Little is known about [[Bardyllis II]]<ref name="Hellenic Studies 1973, p. 79">"The Journal of Hellenic Studies by Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (London, England)", 1973, p. 79. Cleitus was evidently the son of Bardylis II the grandson of the very old Bardylis who had fallen in battle against Phillip II in 385 BC.</ref> (4th century BC) Bardyllis's son. [[Cleitus the Illyrian]]<ref name="Hellenic Studies 1973, p. 79"/> (4th century BC) was his son. Tribal chiefs [[Longarus]] and his son [[Bato of Dardania]] took part in the wars<ref name="J. Wilkes 1992, p. 85"/> against [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] and [[Macedon]]ians. The Dardanians, in all their history, always<ref>The central Balkan tribes in pre-Roman times: Triballi, Autariatae, Dardanians, Scordisci and Moesians by Fanula Papazoglu, ISBN 90-256-0793-4, page 216</ref> had separate domains from the rest of the [[Illyrians]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2012}}

 

==Language==

{{Late Roman Provinces|state=collapsed}}

 

[[Category:Illyrian tribes]]

[[Category:Thraco-Illyrian]]