Autariats
The Autariats were one of the largest Illyrian tribes . The strain was late in its history Celticized and moved northeast of the Prokletije in today's border between Bosnia , Serbia , Kosovo and Montenegro .
The leading class of the autariats left behind large barrows that were built in the 5th century BC. BC originated.
End of the 6th century BC Chr. The autariatae formed a political entity. They expanded east into tribal territory and displaced the Triballians to the southern banks of the Danube . They also advanced south and defeated their eternal rivals, the Ardianas , to annex their pastures and salt springs . The Ardians then migrated south to the Adriatic . With this expansion, the autariats achieved hegemonic control over the interior of the Balkan Peninsula .
The Roman historian Appian wrote that the Ardianas were weakened by the Autariats, also because, unlike them, they had a sea fleet.
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- The central Balkan tribes in pre-Roman times: Triballi, Autariatae ... by Fanula Papazoglu, 1978, page 110, "THE AUTARIATAE BETWEEN 335 AND 279 According to Strabo," the Autariatae were at one time the greatest and most powerful Illyrian people ""
- Wilkes, JJ The Illyrians, 1992, p. 223, ISBN 0-631-19807-5 . "The salt source that was a cause of conflict between the Illyrian Ardiaei and Autariatae may be that at Orahovica in the upper Neretva valley near Konjic."
- Wilkes, JJ The Illyrians, 1992, p. 139, ISBN 0-631-19807-5 . "... describes a long-running feud between the Autariatae and the Ardiaei over the possession of a salt-source near their common border."
