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Great Illyrian revolt was the biggest war of all Illyrian tribes against Roman occupation, in 6-9 BC.
In 6 AD, several regiments of Dalmatae, a warlike Illyrian tribe, were gathered in one place to prepare to join Augustus' stepson and senior military commander Tiberius in a war against the Germans. Instead they mutinied, and defeated a Roman force sent against them. The Dalmatians were soon joined by the Breuci, another Illyrian tribe that supplied several auxiliary regiments. They gave battle to a second Roman force from Moesia. They lost, but inflicted heavy casualties. The rebels were now joined by a large number of other Illyrian tribes. At risk was the strategic province of Illyricum, recently expanded to include the territory of the Pannonii, an Illyrian tribe based on the west bank of the Danube who were subjugated by Rome in 12-9BC. Illyricum was on Italy's eastern flank, exposing the Roman heartland to the fear of a rebel invasion.
Augustus ordered Tiberius to break off operations in Germany and move his main army to Illyricum. When it became clear that even Tiberius' forces were insufficient, Augustus was obliged to raise a second task force under Tiberius' nephew Germanicus, resorting to the compulsory purchase and emancipation of thousands of slaves to find enough troops, for the first time since the aftermath of the Battle of Cannae two centuries earlier. The Romans had now deployed no less than 15 legions and an equivalent number of auxilia i.e. c150 regiments, including c50 recruited from Roman citizens both free-born and freed slaves (Roman law accorded citizenship to the freed slaves of Roman citizens). In addition they were assisted by a large number of Thracian troops deployed by their king Rhoemetalces, a Roman amicus (ally)h[] a grand total of c200,000 men.
They faced further reverses on the battlefield and a bitter guerrilla war in the Bosnian mountains. It took them three years of hard fighting to quell the revolt, which was described by the Roman historian Suetonius as the most difficult conflict faced by Rome since the Punic wars two centuries earlier. Tiberius finally quelled the revolt in 9 AD. This was just in time: that same year Arminius destroyed Varus' three legions in Germany. The Roman high command was in no doubt that Arminius would have formed a grand alliance with the Illyrians.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Illyrian_revolt
In 6 AD, several regiments of Dalmatae, a warlike Illyrian tribe, were gathered in one place to prepare to join Augustus' stepson and senior military commander Tiberius in a war against the Germans. Instead they mutinied, and defeated a Roman force sent against them. The Dalmatians were soon joined by the Breuci, another Illyrian tribe that supplied several auxiliary regiments. They gave battle to a second Roman force from Moesia. They lost, but inflicted heavy casualties. The rebels were now joined by a large number of other Illyrian tribes. At risk was the strategic province of Illyricum, recently expanded to include the territory of the Pannonii, an Illyrian tribe based on the west bank of the Danube who were subjugated by Rome in 12-9BC. Illyricum was on Italy's eastern flank, exposing the Roman heartland to the fear of a rebel invasion.
Augustus ordered Tiberius to break off operations in Germany and move his main army to Illyricum. When it became clear that even Tiberius' forces were insufficient, Augustus was obliged to raise a second task force under Tiberius' nephew Germanicus, resorting to the compulsory purchase and emancipation of thousands of slaves to find enough troops, for the first time since the aftermath of the Battle of Cannae two centuries earlier. The Romans had now deployed no less than 15 legions and an equivalent number of auxilia i.e. c150 regiments, including c50 recruited from Roman citizens both free-born and freed slaves (Roman law accorded citizenship to the freed slaves of Roman citizens). In addition they were assisted by a large number of Thracian troops deployed by their king Rhoemetalces, a Roman amicus (ally)h[] a grand total of c200,000 men.
They faced further reverses on the battlefield and a bitter guerrilla war in the Bosnian mountains. It took them three years of hard fighting to quell the revolt, which was described by the Roman historian Suetonius as the most difficult conflict faced by Rome since the Punic wars two centuries earlier. Tiberius finally quelled the revolt in 9 AD. This was just in time: that same year Arminius destroyed Varus' three legions in Germany. The Roman high command was in no doubt that Arminius would have formed a grand alliance with the Illyrians.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Illyrian_revolt
