Dalmatia，towhichthenameofIllyricummoreproperlybelonged，wasalong，butnarrowtract，betweentheSaveandtheAdriatic。Thebestpartofthesea—coast，whichstillretainsitsancientappellation，isaprovinceoftheVenetianstate，andtheseatofthelittlerepublicofRagusa。TheinlandpartshaveassumedtheSclavoniannamesofCroatiaandBosnia；theformerobeysanAustriangovernor，thelatteraTurkishpacha；butthewholecountryisstillinfestedbytribesofbarbarians，whosesavageindependenceirregularlymarksthedoubtfullimitoftheChristianandMahometanpower。^80
[Footnote80:AVenetiantraveller，theAbbateFortis，haslatelygivenussomeaccountofthoseveryobscurecountries。ButthegeographyandantiquitiesofthewesternIllyricumcanbeexpectedonlyfromthemunificenceoftheemperor，itssovereign。]
AftertheDanubehadreceivedthewatersoftheTeyssandtheSave，itacquired，atleastamongtheGreeks，thenameofIster。^81ItformerlydividedMaesiaandDacia，thelatterofwhich，aswehavealreadyseen，wasaconquestofTrajan，andtheonlyprovincebeyondtheriver。Ifweinquireintothepresentstateofthosecountries，weshallfindthat，onthelefthandoftheDanube，TemeswarandTransylvaniahavebeenannexed，aftermanyrevolutions，tothecrownofHungary；whilsttheprincipalitiesofMoldaviaandWallachiaacknowledgethesupremacyoftheOttomanPorte。OntherighthandoftheDanube，Maesia，which，duringthemiddleages，wasbrokenintothebarbariankingdomsofServiaandBulgaria，isagainunitedinTurkishslavery。
[Footnote81:TheSaverisesneartheconfinesofIstria，andwasconsideredbythemoreearlyGreeksastheprincipalstreamoftheDanube。]
TheappellationofRoumelia，whichisstillbestowedbytheTurksontheextensivecountriesofThrace，Macedonia，andGreece，preservesthememoryoftheirancientstateundertheRomanempire。InthetimeoftheAntonines，themartialregionsofThrace，fromthemountainsofHaemusandRhodope，totheBosphorusandtheHellespont，hadassumedtheformofaprovince。