Illyria was a name formerly rather loosely applied to a large tract of country on the east side of the Adriatic, the ancient Illyrians being the ancestors of the modern Albanians. Piracy was carried on by the Illyrians, whose kings were therefore embroiled in quarrels with the Romans, which ended in their subjugation in 228 BC. They sought from time to time to shake off their chains; but being always beaten, the country at last became a Roman province. The name of Illyrian Provinces was given, by a decree of Napoleon in 1809, to Carniola, Dalmatia, and other countries, then part of the French Empire. After the fall of Napoleon the Illyrian Provinces were restored to Austria, and designated as the Kingdom of Illyria, a title which the country bore until 1849, when it was divided into the provinces of Carinthia, Camiola, and the Coast-lands. Research Illyria
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