ILLYRICUM (ĭl-ĭr'ĭ-kŭm, Gr. Illyrikon).A province of the Roman Empire, bounded on the north by Pannonia, on the east by Moesia, on the south by Macedonia, and on the west by the Adriatic Sea.The Alps run through it. The inhabitants, wild mountaineers and pirates, were conquered by the Romans in the third century b.c. In Rom.15.19 Paul, emphasizing the extent of his missionary activities The Roman province of Illyricum comprised Dalmatia and the southwestern half of Pannonia (Lower Pannonia).As the Romans expanded their power in the region through a series of campaigns known as the Pannonian War or as the Pannonian wars (Bellum Pannonicum, 12-9 BC), fought against group of peoples known as the Pannonians, they enlarged the province of Illyricum.
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