The region was known to the Greeks of the 5th century BC as Iapygía (Ἰαπυγία), and its inhabitants as the … Visualizza altro

Iapygia (modern-day Apulia) was located in the southeastern part of the Italian Peninsula, between the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic Sea.
The northeast area of the region, dominat… Visualizza altro

The Iapygians were a "relatively homogeneous linguistic community" speaking a non-Italic, Indo-European language, commonly called 'Messapic'. The language, written in variants of the Greek alpha… Visualizza altro

The leading view among scholars, already mentioned by ancient sources and supported by archaeological evidence, is that Iapygians were probably southern Illyrians who migrated from the Western Balkans towards … Visualizza altro

In the early period, the Iapygian housing system was made up of small groups of huts scattered throughout the territory, different from the later Greco-Roman tradition of cities. The inhabitants of the rural … Visualizza altro

As evidenced by items found in graves and warriors shown on red-figure vase paintings, Iapigyan fought with little other defensive armour than a shield, sometimes a leather helmet and a jerkin, exceptionally a bre… Visualizza altro