Histri

Histri in the Iron Age, c. 5th century BC.

The Histri or Istri[1] (Ancient Greek: Ἴστροι)[2] were an ancient people inhabiting the Istrian Peninsula, to which they gave the name Histria. Their territory stretched to the neighbouring Gulf of Trieste and bordered the Iapodes in the hinterland of Tarsatica.[3] The Histri formed a kingdom.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Istria". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), I´STRIA". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Dzino42 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Mesihović 2014, p. 219.