Cavii_(tribe)

Cavii (tribe)

Cavii (tribe)

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The Cavii were an Illyrian tribe.[1][2] They lived close to Lake Shkodër. Their main settlement was Epicaria, which is thought to be probably located around modern-day Pukë.[3][4] They are occasionally mentioned by ancient writers.[5]

Gentius the Illyrian king during the third Illyrian war sent his half-brother Caravantius, detaching 1,000 infantry and 50 horsemen, attacked the Cavii, failing to capture one of their cities while ravaging the fields of the city of Caravandis.[6][7]

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    Souchier, Margaret; Hazlitt, William (August 1998). "The Classical Gazetteer". Taxon. 47 (3): 782. doi:10.2307/1223619. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1223619.
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    Livy (1976). Rome and the Mediterranean : books XXXI-XLV of The history of Rome from its foundation. Henry Bettenson. Harmondsworth: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-044318-5. OCLC 2592966.
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    "Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 44, chapter 30". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
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