Dardania (Europe)

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Dardania was a region encompassing the area of the modern-day province under UN administration Kosovo, southern parts of Serbia, mostly, but not entirely, western parts of the Republic of Macedonia, and parts of north-eastern Albania. Its native Dardani people were a tribe of mixed Illyrians and Thracians. They seem to have often been a threat to the kingdom of Macedon. Dardania's largest towns were those of Naissus (Niš, Skopje, and its capital was Ulpiana (close to present day Priština.

The area was conquered by the Romans in 28 BC and became part of the Roman province of Moesia, on the border with Illyricum and Macedonia. After AD 85 it was part of Moesia Superior. Emperor Diocletian later c. 284 made Dardania into separate province with its capital at Naissus (Niš).

Austrian geologist Ami Boue [link] proposed that the name Dardania comes from the Albanian word dardhë which means "pear".

Dardania region

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