The Iapodes in 218 B.C.

The Iapodes — Illyrian Tribes.

A mixed people of Illyrian and Celtic blood, dwelling in the wooded mountains behind the Liburnian coast about their stronghold of Arupium. They are a strong and savage nation of the high forests, tattooed warriors who fight from the cover of the timber and the crags — a hardy frontier folk where the Illyrian world meets the Celtic peoples of the north.