Picture No | 10006613 |
Date | 231 BC |
Description | Teuta, Queen of Illyria, with Roman ambassadors |
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Teuta, Queen of Illyria (the present-day Balkan Peninsula on the Adriatic), orders some visiting Roman ambassadors to be killed. In the event, one ambassador was killed and another was held captive, which gave rise to the Illyrian Wars.
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Source | Mirys Picture No.70 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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