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was infested by their piracies, and compelled them to cultivate the ground; but as the country was rugged and barren, and not adapted to husbandry, the nation was entirely ruined and nearly extinguished. The same happened to other neighbouring nations. People formerly very powerful are extinct, or were reduced to the lowest condition, as the Boii and Scordisci among the Galatae; the Autariatae, Ardiaei, and Dardanii, among the Illyrians; and the Triballi among the Thracians. They first declined in consequence of disputes amongst themselves, but were finally prostrated by wars with the Macedonians and Romans. 7

After the termination of the coast of the Ardiaei and Pleraei is the bay of the Rhizaei, a city Rhizon, ^note other small towns, and the river Drilon, ^note which may be navigated up its stream towards the east as far as Dardanica. This country is situated close to the Macedonian and Paeonian nations, towards the south, as also the Autariatae and the Dasaretii are in parts contiguous to one another [and to the Autariatae]. ^note To the Dardaniatae belong the Galabrii, ^note in whose territory is an ancient city; and the Thunatae, who approach on the east close to the Maedi, ^note a Thracian tribe.

The Dardanii are entirely a savage people, so much so that they dig caves beneath dungheaps, in which they dwell; yet they are fond of music, and are much occupied in playing upon pipes and on stringed instruments. They inhabit the inland parts of the country, and we shall mention them again in another place. 8

After the bay of Rhizon ^note is Lissus, ^note a city, Acrolissus, ^note and Epidamnus, the present Dyrrhachium, ^note founded by Corcyraeans, and bearing the name of the peninsula on which it