Original scientific paper

The Role of the Navy in Octavian’s Illyrian War

Marjeta ŠAŠEL KOS ; Inštitut za arheologijo ZRC SAZU Novi trg 2 (p.p. 306) 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Abstract

In the course of Octavian’s Illyrian war (35–33 BC), the navy played an important role, both at sea and on the rivers.
Some of its actions are documented by ancient historians (notably Appian and Cassius Dio), while others are hypothesized
on the basis of reconstructed military strategy and the logistics of the war. The geographical repartition of the
defeated peoples suggests that they were attacked at different times and from several directions: from Aquileia (the Carni and
Taurisci), probably from Ravenna (the northern Liburnian islands and mainland). One of the supply bases for the Roman
army operating in the north was Senia, while the pirates in the southern Adriatic must have been attacked from Brundisium.
Cassius Dio even mentioned naval battles against the Pannonians at Segesta/Siscia, in one of which Menodorus, the naval
commander of Sextus Pompeius, lost his life.

Keywords

Illyricum; Histria; Dalmatia; Pannonia; Adriatic; Octavian/Augustus; Agrippa; Menodorus; Illyrian War (35–33 BC); Roman navy

Hrčak ID:

100873

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/100873

Publication date:

1.8.2012.

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