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I agree with some of your points. But the chronological framework of events is not given satisfactorily. The so-called Illyrian invasion in Southern Balkans might have been occurred much earlier than 1000 B.C. Judging from the general upheaval that proceed the Trojan War, proto-Illyrians appears in the very heart of Greece on the grounds that the same Northern toponymes are to be found in the midst of Hellas. It's excepted that they lost their identity with the course of time.
the bronze age migrations took place around 1200BC, yes the illyrians could have been part of this southern migration
You're mistaken mate. It's Alexander himself who did mention the Illyrians in his army. I don't think as wise to consider either Dardanians or Paeonians as ethnically distinct from the Illyrians.
never read it, link it
the Paeoninas where a thracian people and their border is basically identical to modern slavic-macedonia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paeonians.png
The dardanians where also thracian people ( some say a trojan tribe ) and move from the dardanalles to present day kosovo in 400BC
This is in disregard with the historical truth. Your concept is fairly simplistic because it ignore the very fact that genuine Illyrians (Illyri proper) used to live in the very outlying regions of Greece (whose northern boundary was marked by Ambracia bay and Peneus river). As a matter of fact, Illyrians took part in the formation of Macedonians as well as Epirotes.
Roman historian and text claim the dalmatians, liburnians as distinct different people from other illyrians, they say illyrians in bordering austria and the danube, down to pannonia are of celtic origin.
The epirotes and molossians of madern northern Greece is confusing you with Illyrians.
Greek Epirus, like the region as a whole, is rugged and mountainous.It comprises the land of the ancient Molossians and Thesprotians[2] and a small part of the land of the Chaonians the greater part being in Southern Albania. It is largely made up of mountainous ridges, part of the Dinaric Alp
The Y-dna E is not illyrian, it can only be a northern greek, epirote , molossian or macedonian