Pinnes (Ardiaean)
Pinnes (
Queen Teuta
.
Biography
Pinnes was only a young boy[2] when his father died[3] in 230 BC, and his stepmother Teuta assumed de facto control. Local chiefs demanded greater power and autonomy for their regions and Teuta, who feared losing her status, appeased the aggressors. This act was seen as a sign of weakness and no ship in the Adriatic and Ionian sea was safe from Illyrian pirates who raided regardless of a ship's country or the damage it would do to Illyria's foreign relations.
First Illyrian War
in 229 BC. Teuta surrendered and accepted Rome's peace terms which included her abdication and the reinstatement of Pinnes.
Pinnes once again lost his throne when
Macedon
and Pinnes finally became king, though his sudden death in 217 BC at the age of 15 meant that he never actually ruled.
Pinnes is not[4] even mentioned by Polybius, though Appian and Cassius Dio refer to him as the legitimate heir. Appian writes that Pinnes asked for the aid of the Romans but nothing seems to have come of it.
See also
- List of rulers of Illyria
References
- ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 70, "...of some personal names. Among the southern 'real' Illyrians these include Epicadus, Temus (a female name), Gentius (in Greek Genthios), Pinnes (or Pinnius), Monounios (recorded on coins), Grabaei (a tribal name), Verzo and Zanatis. ..."
- ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 162, "... revival of Illyrian power under Demetrius of Pharos, who had succeeded Teuta and married Triteuta, mother of the infant King Pinnes."
- Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, page 105
- ^ Épire, Illyrie, Macédoine: mélanges offerts au professeur Pierre Cabanes by Danièle Berranger, Pierre Cabanes, Danièle Berranger-Auserve, page 133