Taulantii or Taulantians were an Illyrian people that lived on the Adriatic coast of southern Illyria. They dominated at various times much of the plain between the rivers Drin and Vjosa. Their centra
The Illyrian taulánt- and its Ancient Greek translation chelidón- mean "swallow".
The young Pyrrhus at the court of King Glaukias by Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont, c. 1750.
Silver stater of the Illyrian king Monunius, c. 280 BC from the Dyrrhachion mint.
The Illyrians were a group of Indo-European-speaking people who inhabited the western Balkan Peninsula in ancient times. They constituted one of the three main Paleo-Balkan populations, along with the
Taulantii
…Taulantii or Taulantians ('swallow-men'; Ancient Greek: Ταυλάντιοι, Taulantioi or Χελιδόνιοι, Chelidonioi; Latin: Taulantii) were an Illyrian people that lived on the Adriatic coast of southern Illyria (modern Albania). They dominated at various times much of the plain between the rivers Drin…
Queen Teuta of the Ardieai orders the Roman ambassadors to be killed – painted by Augustyn Mirys
Silver coin of Roman emperor Trajan Decius (249–251 CE), with the inscription Genius Exerc[itus] Illuriciani