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The Labeatae, Labeatai or Labeates were an Illyrian people that lived on the Adriatic coast of southern Illyria, between modern Albania and Montenegro, around Lake Scodra.
View of Lake Scodra, known as Lacus Labeatis in classical antiquity.
A coin of the Labeatan ruler Gentius.
Gentius
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Gentius was an Illyrian king who belonged to the Labeatan dynasty. He ruled in 181–168 BC, being the last attested Illyrian king. He was the son of Pleuratus III, a king who kept positive relations wi
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…city. The Labeatan kingdom was also in possession of Rhizon, the Ardiean capital. The dynasty of the last Illyrian kings (Scerdilaidas, Pleuratus, Gentius) was Labeatan. It is possible that the decline of the Ardiaean dynasty after Queen Teuta's defeat in the First Illyrian War against Rome caused the…
The genus name Gentiana was named after Gentius as a tribute to him, as he may have been the discoverer of tonic properties of Gentiana lutea.
Gentius on the 2,000 lekë banknote