DAESIDIA´TAE
DAESIDIA´TAE,
DESIDA´TAE (
Δαισιδιᾶται), one of the many Pannonian tribes. (
Strab. vii. p.314.) Pliny (
3.26) and Velleius Paterculus (2.115), indeed, mention them among the Illyrian tribes, but this probably arises from the fact that the Romans regarded the Pannonians generally as Illyrians.
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