Ardiaean

Ardiaei +‎ -an

Ardiaean (comparative more Ardiaean, superlative most Ardiaean)

1. Pertaining to the Ardiaei.
   • 2011, Joseph Roisman, ‎Ian Worthington, A Companion to Ancient Macedonia, page 228:

     The Ardiaean monarchy, whose warships had caused serious trouble in the Straits of Otranto, was punished and greatly reduced in power; Rome also gained as informal 'friends' several Greek cities on the Illyrian coast and a couple of tribes a bit farther inland, all of which had been threatened by the Ardiaei.

   • 2012, Arthur M. Eckstein, Rome Enters the Greek East:

     This shows the main Roman concern in the region—to protect Italian merchants in the Stratis of Otranto from Ardiaean piracy.

   • 2016, Gareth C. Sampson, Rome Spreads Her Wings:

     With these ports under Roman control, the Ardiaean challenge to Roman mastery of the Adriatic would be ended.

Ardiaean (plural Ardiaeans)

1. A member of the Ardiaei nation.
   • 2008, Gillian Gloyer, Albania: The Bradt Travel Guide, page 4:

     The Ardiaeans were seafarers – their coins ( and the modern 20 lek coin ) show a small, fast galley called a liburnis, which was a particular favourite of pirates – and in 229BC their attacks on Italian ships brought them to war with Rome, then emerging as the most powerful state in Italy.

   • 2010, Frances Anne Pownall, Lessons from the Past, page 152:

     As a result, some of the Ardiaeans are killed by the Celts, while others throw themselves into a river, unable to control their stomachs. Thus, as a direct result of their lack of self-control, the Ardiaeans are destroyed by their enemies in a very shameful way.

   • 2023, Michael L. Galaty, ‎Lorenc Bejko, Archaeological Investigations in a Northern Albanian Province, page 443:

     The first named Illyrian "king" was Pleuratus II, an Ardiaean, who reigned from 260–250 BC.