Teuta of Illyria engraved in Italy

1500

Teuta of Illyria engraved in Italy

A Renaissance Italian engraving of Teuta, the Illyrian queen whose fleets provoked Rome into the first Illyrian war in 229 BC. Her name re-entered Albanian usage in the national revival.

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