Dindari or ''Dindarii'' (), were an Illyrian tribe that formed part of the

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cultural group. They dwelled by the Drina Valley, of present-day

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and

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History

According to the Roman author Pliny, the Dindari were a medium-sized Illyrian tribe made up of 33 decury, accounting to approximately 3,300 males. During the time of the

Great Illyrian Revolt The (Latin for ''War of the Batos'') or Great Illyrian Revolt was a military conflict fought in the Roman Empire, Roman province of Illyricum (Roman province), Illyricum in the 1st century AD, in which an alliance of native peoples of the two re ...

, the Dindari formed part of the Scordisci alliance. However, the Dindari did not take part in the Illyrian revolt of AD 6-9, but were nonetheless reconquered by the Romans following the surrender of the Illyrian rebels. Following the Roman conquest of the Scordisci, the civitas of the Dindari was formed (''Dindariorum'', listed by

Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 79), known in English as Pliny the Elder ( ), was a Roman Empire, Roman author, Natural history, naturalist, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the Roman emperor, emperor Vesp ...

within

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). Fragmentary inscriptions on tombstones depicting the Dindari were found in and around the Skelani area.Pliny Nat. Hist. III 142; L’Année Epigraphique 1910, 216 cf. A. and J. S ˇAS ˇEL, Inscriptiones Latinae quae in Iugoslavia inter annos MCMII et MCMXL repertae et editae sunt (Situla 25, Ljubljana 1986) p. 83 no. 1544: (is) m(anibus)P. A ..princ ps? civitatisDinda iorum ... The location of the tombstones suggests that the tribal center of the Dindari was possibly in the Drina valley region of Skelani and

Srebrenica Srebrenica ( sr-cyrl, Сребреница, ) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a small mountain town, with its main industry being salt mining and a nearby spa. During the Bosnian War in 1995, Srebr ...

. The Roman conquest of the region resulted in the subjugation and Romanization of the Dindari, and the settlement of Roman citizens in the area inhabited by the Dindari.

References

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