Ancient Rome XI - The Illyrian Wars and the Final Gallic Invasion

This is the eleventh of many chapters in History with a Twist of Lime's look on "The Historical History of Ancient Rome." This chapter looks at the two easy wars Rome won against the Illyrian civilization across the Adriatic in the Balkan Mountains, the first (229-228 BC) against Queen Teuta and her Illyrian Kingdom, and the second (220 BC) against Demetrius of Pharos and the client state that the Romans themselves placed in Illyria to keep situations under control. It also delves into the Gallic invasion that occurred in-between (225 BC), which proved to be the last straw for Rome and convinced them to subjugate all land owned by the Gauls south of the Alps.

Editor's Note: The comment made at 2:10 needs some clarification. The Illyrians were not of Greek descendants, per say, but were highly influenced politically, socially, and geographically by Greece. While their origins were slightly different, possibly in the area of modern-day Hungry which was occupied by Celtic tribes during this time, they evolved to be similar to the Greeks, and as with the upcoming Macedonian Wars, were usually regarded under the same turf as their neighbors to the south. I apologize if there was any confusion from the statement made in the video, and I am planning on remaking the narration when time permits.

As this is one of many chapters being produced over this project, I would invite you to watch the other chapters dealing with the history of Ancient Rome. They can be viewed seamlessly under this playlist on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtseWnNmHqg&feature=PlayList&p=AF3D846...

References:

Cavazzi, Franco. "The Early Roman Republic." Illustrated History of the Roman Empire. 19 June 2008. http://www.roman-empire.net/republic/earlyrep-index.html

"The First Illyrian War" and "The Second Illyrian War." Illyrians.org. 2006. http://www.illyrians.org/firstillyrianwar.html, http://www.illyrians.org/secondillyrianwar.html

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