Rimska provincija Illyricum i pravni položaj Ilira u njoj
Roman Province of Illyricum and the Legal Status of the Illyrians in it

Summary/Abstract: The region of Illyria was a significant part of the wider Roman Republic and later Empire. The province was of great importance for the security of the Republic and Empire for geostrategic reasons, because the protection of the Adriatic Sea and the later capture of the Danube frontier created a „natural” defence from Barbarian invasion. The legal structure and framework of the region evolved under the influence of conflict between the Roman and local administrations already from the time of the protectorate, through to the introduction of three judicial districts on the Adriatic Sea, to the final establishment of Illyria (Illyricum) as a Roman province. While the Illyrian population was subjected to Roman imperial administration for centuries, it is possible to identify a kind of reverse influence of the province on the Empire itself, which has led some historians to refer to a kind of „Illyrian Romanism” especially from the third century AD, when several Illyrians took the imperial throne.

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