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DA´RDANI

Eth. DA´RDANI (Eth. Δάρδανοι), a tribe in the south-west of Moesia, and extending also over a part of Illyricum. (Strab. vii. p.316; Ptol. 3.9.2; Caes. Civ. 3.4; Liv. 40.57; Plin. Nat. 3.29; Cic. p. Sest. 43) According to Strabo, they were a very wild and filthy race, living in caves under dunghills, but very fond of music.

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    • Cicero, For Sestius, 43
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.4
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.29
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 57
    • Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, 3.9
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