IAPYDES, or IAPODES  , one of the three chief peoples of Roman Illyria . They occupied the interior of the country on the north between the Arsia (Arsa) and Tedanius (perhaps the Zermanja), which separated them from the Liburnians . Their territory formed part of the modern Croatia . They are described by Strabo as a mixed race of Celts and Illyrians, who used Celtic weapons, tattooed themselves, and lived chiefly on spelt and millet . They were a warlike race, addicted to plundering expeditions . In 129 B.C . C . Sempronius Tuditanus celebrated a triumph over them, and in 34 B.C. they were finally crushed by Augustus . They appear to have had a foedus with Rome, but subsequently rebelled . See Strabo iv . 207, vii . 313-315; Dio Cassius xlix .

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Appian, Illyrica, to, 14, 16; Livy, Epit.lix . 131; Tibullus iv . 1 . 108; Cicero, Pro Balbo, 14 .