Longarus

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Longarus
Reignc. 231 – c. 206 BC
PredecessorMagarus
Successor
Bato of Dardania

Longarus (ruled c. 231 – 206 BC

Ardiaean Kingdom joined him.[2]

Military activities

After the Gallic invasions of Dardania, the Dardanians were not heard of for four decades; probably as they were in the process of recovering from the consequences of the Gallic invasions. During that time, the Dardanian State grew stronger and extended its borders in the south and in the north. During the second half of the 3rd century BC, the Illyrian-Macedonian Wars continued because of the desire for territorial expansion by the Macedonian kings against the Dardanians, particularly against Paeonia. The Paeonians had continually rebelled against the Macedonians and entered into anti-Macedonian alliances to maintain their independence. An old alliance (rather than competitiveness) had existed between these two Illyrian states, because every time the Paeonians won their independence, the Dardanians gained an open road into Macedonia.

Even before Longarus, the Dardanians had been a constant threat to the Macedonian kingdom. In 231 BC, under Longarus,

Illyrian tribes from the Ardiaean Kingdom joined the Dardanians under Longarus, forcing Teuta to call off her expeditions into Epirus.[6] Scerdilaidas
was sent north to force Longarus' army to return to Dardania.

Antigoneia was founded on the river Axius, the main invasion route from the north. The Dardanians were driven out of all the lands they conquered from Demetrius II and the city of Bylazora was garrisoned. While Doson was dealing with a war in Greece in 222 BC, he hastened back home within a few days when news came that Longarus had invaded and that his forces were looting his kingdom. Doson found the Dardanians still in the country and forced them to do battle, which he won but it was reported that he so over-exerted himself in shouting encouragement to his troops that he burst a blood-vessel and fell fatally ill.[7]

Longarus despised the youth of

Orestida, taking 20,000 prisoners, and reaching the plain of Argestes.[8][10] This was done when Longarus allied himself with the enemies of Macedonia, Rome, Scerdilaidas and Epirus
. In 206 BC, Philip continued the war with Longarus in order to drive them from the Dardanian-occupied areas.

Longarus succeeded in making the Dardanian state into a military power that threatened Macedonia. It was up to his two sons, Bato and Monunius, to follow in his footsteps. Longarus was succeeded by Bato around 206 BC.[2][11]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0-631-19807-5
    , page 86, "... including the names of Dardanian rulers, Longarus, Bato, Monunius and Etuta, and those on later epitaphs, Epicadus, Scerviaedus, Tuta, Times and Cinna. Other Dardanian names are linked with ..."
  2. ^ a b TITUS LIVIUS (literally translated by Cyrus Edmonds) (1850). "THE HISTORY OF ROME, Book XXXI, par. 28". www.eremita.di.uminho.pt. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  3. ^ A History of Macedonia: 336-167 B.C. by Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, Frank William Walbank page 338
  4. ISBN 978-0-520-06319-8, page 185, link [1]
  5. ISBN 978-0-520-06319-8, link [2]
  6. ^ A History of Macedonia: 336-167 BC by Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, Frank William Walbank, page 335, link [3]
  7. ^ John Wilkes - The Illyrians, pg 148
  8. ^
    ISBN 99927-1-622-3
  9. ^ The Illyrians to the Albanians by Neritan Ceka pg 179
  10. ^ A History of Macedonia: 336-167 BC by Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, Frank William Walbank, page 404, link [4]
  11. ^ A History of Macedonia: 336-167 BC by Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, Frank William Walbank, page 420, link [5]

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