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There are islands along the whole of the aforesaid seaboard: first, the Apsyrtides,Now Ossero and Cherso. where Medeia is said to have killed her brother Apsyrtus who was pursuing her; and then, opposite the country of the Iapodes, Cyrictica,Now Veglia. then the Liburnides,Now Arbo, Pago, Isola Longa, and the rest. about forty in number; then other islands, of which the best known are Issa,Now Lissa. TraguriumNow Trau. (founded by the people of Issa), and Pharos (formerly Paros, founded by the PariansIn 384 B.C. (Diodorus Siculus, 15. 13).), the native land of DemetriusDemetrius of Pharos, on making common cause with the Romans in 229 B.C., was made ruler of most of Illyria instead of Queen Tuta (Polybius, 2-10 ff.). the Pharian. Then comes the seaboard of the Dalmatians, and also their sea-port, Salo.Now Salona, between Klissa and Spalato. This tribe is one of those which carried on war against the Romans for a long time; it had as many as fifty noteworthy settlements; and some of these were cities—Salo, Priamo, Ninia, and Sinotium (both the Old and the New), all of which were set on fire by Augustus. And there is Andretium, a fortified place; and also DalmiumAlso spelled Delminium; apparently what is now Duvno (see Pauly-Wissowa, s.v. “Delminium”). (whence the name of the tribe), which was once a large city, but because of the greed of the people NasicaP. Cornelius Scipio Nascia Corculum, in 155 B.C. reduced it to a small city and made the plain a mere sheep pasture. The Dalmatians have the peculiar custom of making a redistribution of land every seven years; and that they make no use of coined money is peculiar to them as compared with the other peoples in that part of the world, although as compared with many other barbarian peoples it is common. And there is Mount Adrium,The Dinara. which cuts the Dalmatian country through the middle into two parts, one facing the sea and the other in the opposite direction. Then come the River Naro and the people who live about it—the Daorisi, the Ardiaei, and the Pleraei. An island called the Black CorcyraNow Curzola. and also a cityOf the same name. founded by the Cnidians are close to the Pleraei, while Pharos (formerly called Paros, for it was founded by Parians) is close to the Ardiaei.
