TheBaridustae were anIllyriantribe that lived inDalmatia, aroundBariduum, a settlement located betweenSalona andServitium, more precisely 30 miles north of Salona, which has been identified with the site area ofLivno, in present-dayBosnia and Herzegovina.[1] They are attested only in epigraphic material.[2]
The Baridustae are documented, along with other Illyrian tribes like thePirustae andSardiatae, in the epigraphic material ofAlburnus Maior inRoman Dacia, a mining town where several Illyrian peoples moved by the time ofRoman emperorTrajan. A great number of inscriptions were recently found reporting the tribal name of the Baridustae, which were produced after they moved to the new town in Dacia from their ancient tribal areas in Dalmatia.[3] Ak(astellum) Baridust(arum) is also attested in Alburnus Maior; its inhabitants formed acollegium.[4] The existence ofcollegia of the Baridustae and of theSardiatae certainly suggests a location of those communities within or near the mining district.[5]
