Illyricum

American  

[ih-leer-i-kuhm] / ɪˈlɪər ɪ kəm /

noun

1. a Roman province in ancient Illyria.

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Illyricum British  

/ ɪˈlɪərɪkəm /

noun

1. a Roman province founded after 168 _bc , based on the coastal area of Illyria

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Example Sentences

These books, it will be remembered, contain inter alia the description of Cæsar’s Bridge over the Rhine, his preparations for invading Britain, his first somewhat abortive attempts, and then, after a winter in Italy and Illyricum, his maturer arrangements, and landing—not without damage to his fleet—on the shore of Britain.

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Here the Apostle determined to spend the winter, that he might preach the Gospel to the inhabitants of Illyricum—a country to the north, forming the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea.

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Hippolytus, in the same century, says that Paul went as far as Illyricum, preaching the gospel.

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From Sarmatia, however, must be separated, on account of their natural situation, the great Danubian countries, extending from the South of the Carpathian mountains, down to the other mountainous chain northward of Greece—such as the ancient Illyricum, Pannonia and Dacia—regions which, in a strict geographical point of view, must be regarded as forming a distinct class.

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In his relations with the churches which lay outside the strict limits of his patriarchate, in northern Italy, Spain, Gaul, Africa and Illyricum and also in the East, Gregory consistently used his influence to increase the prestige and authority of the Roman See.

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