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Penestae (tribe)
The Penestae were an Illyrian tribe dwelling in southeastern Illyria, in an inland region that was called Penestia, which was located around the Black Drin valley north of Lake Ohrid, between present-day eastern Albania and western North Macedonia.[1] They are firstly mentioned by ancient Roman historian Livy.[2][3] They appear several times in Livy's accounts of the events concerning the Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC), which was fought between the Roman Republic and the Kingdom of Macedonia under Perseus.[2] Their chief city was Uscana, most likely located in the valley of the Black Drin in the region of Dibra.[4]
- ^ Stipčević 1989, p. 28; Jaupaj 2019, p. 69; Lippert & Matzinger 2021, pp. 13.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Jaupaj 2019, p. 69; Wilkes 1992, pp. 136, 172; Mesihović & Šačić 2015, p. 65.
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