Agron of Illyria

Agron was an Illyrian king in the era of Hellenism. His empire included a large part of Illyria ( roughly present-day Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and southern Dalmatia ) as well as parts of Epirus and the island of Corfu. He succeeded his father Pleuratos in the reign, and reigned after 250-230 BC

During the reign Agrons the Illyrians were at the height of their power. Your army and their fleet were a major regional power factor in the Balkans and in the southern Adriatic. However, the Illyrian kingdom was a relatively unstable structure, a confederation of various tribal dominions over which Agron only a certain supremacy could claim.

Agron suppressed the Greek coastal cities. The Greeks of the Dalmatian island of Issa, therefore, 231 or 230, the Romans asked for help against the Illyrian king. To a Roman intervention, first diplomatically then militarily, but it came only after Agrons death.

231 BC Demetrius II of Macedon asked Agron to an alliance against the Aetolian Federation and the Illyrian troops, the Aetolians could actually defeat. With the victory celebrations to Agron has taken over; he died as a result of excessive consumption of wine. Official succeeded by his underage son Pinnes, but who has never taken the actual rule. For him, his mother, Queen Teuta ruled.