people
Penestae
also: Penestians
An Illyrian people whose land, with its chief town Uscana, was the theater of Perseus's winter campaign of 169 BC.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 43 §26 Penestian
The Penestae, an Illyrian people whose land, with its town Uscana, was the theater of Perseus's winter campaign.
- The History of Rome, Book 44 §14 Penestae of the Illyrians
An Illyrian people; two thousand of them, sent by Pleuratus, garrisoned Cassandrea.