Uscana

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Uscana or Hyscana was an ancient city of the Illyrian tribe Penestae.[1]

Distribution of cities in antiquity in the border of southern Illyria with Greeks and Thracians

References

  1. Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5, page 172, "... In midwinter 170/169 BC Perseus launched a successful raid on the Illyrian Penestae and captured their chief town Uscana ..."

Bibliography

Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, ISBN 0-631-19807-5

See also