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Queen Teuta's wrath and how the Romans first invaded Illyria

2022-11-01 19:29:59Histori SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

 

Queen Teuta's wrath and how the Romans first invaded Illyria
Queen Teuta's wrath and how the Romans first invaded Illyria

 

On May 25, 229 BC, the Romans conquered Illyria for the first time. Two consuls, Fulvus and Postimius, with their armies (one by sea, the other by land) were sent to punish Queen Teuta. She had killed the Roman ambassador, after he had answered her disrespectfully.

Teuta's anger

Teuta was put in charge of the Illyrian state and army and led the state in a prosperous period, but her hand and mind would be needed to further this progress. Teuta was based and tried to carry forward the half-left plans of King Agron, as far as the further strengthening of the state order was concerned, and what should be mentioned is that it gave priority to the central government, gave impulses to the economic-cultural development of cities as well as strengthening in the military field. She took care not to encroach on the former borders of the Kingdom. But it is worth mentioning that he paid the main attention to the fleet, he built several warships called "Liburne", which made the law in the Adriatic Sea. Such a powerful state, with a great naval power,

Teuta became the object of interest and discussion in the surrounding states, especially in Rome, could the Roman Empire endure the rivalry of a woman?

The historian Polybius (203 BC-120 BC) says that Rome sent two ambassadors to the court of Queen Teuta to warn her that the Illyrians should stop piracy against Italian ships and coasts.

Queen Teuta's wrath and how the Romans first invaded Illyria

Teuta replied that the Illyrians were free people and did not need her orders on how to behave.

One of the ambassadors, the youngest in age, replied: 'Queen Teuta, the Romans have an excellent tradition that it is the state that deals with the punishment of those who commit wrongs, and with the help of those who suffer wrongs. With God's help, we will do as soon as possible for the Illyrian queen to change the way she governs her subjects'.

It was these words, in her court, from a stranger, that angered Teuta, who sent men and killed him, while the ambassador was getting on board to return to his country. When the news reached Rome, the Romans were greatly enraged, and the authorities immediately began to muster the legions, prepare the fleet, and set out for the first time for the shores of Illyria and that part of Europe.

Conquest and betrayal

The Romans with about twenty thousand people and two hundred ships landed in three regions in Durrës, Corfu and Apolloni. The Illyrian fleet faced strong opponents, won small battles.

General Dhimitër Fari, thinking that he would take Teuta's place, surrendered the Illyrian fleet himself.

Teuta ruled the state for a short time, but being weakened by internal betrayals, left without naval military power as well as without the support of neighbors, retreated with the few forces to the fortified city of Rizan in Montenegro. Meanwhile, Illyria became a Roman province.

Legends say that she died lonely, but proud.


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