Daunii Discussion

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According to the Greek legend, the Illyrian king Lycaeon had 3 sons named Iapyx, Daunius and Peucetius who led their people across the Adriatic Sea into south-eastern Italy where they settled and mixed in with the native pre-Italic population. The Daunii were an Iapygian tribe who inhabited the northern part of Apulia in Italy. Far enough from the Greeks in southern Italy, the Daunii developed a localised culture of their own. In fact numermous authors from antiquity such as Virgil and Servius have claimed the Daunians presence extended quite far including the Etruscan city of Ardea near Rome. During the Imperial age, the regions of Apulia and Calabria became production houses of grain and oil - forming the main export route for the eastern provinces of Rome. The Daunii gradually were absorbed into the Empire and lost their individual identity.