native_lang_name title name article_title native_lang reign
Πλευρίας king pleurias pleurias pleurias
 greek c. 337 bc - c. 335 bc
pleurias

pleurias -lrb- ancient greek Πλευρίας ; ruled c. 337 -- 335 bc -rrb- was an illyrian king of the autariatae state .
in 337 bc pleurias almost succeeded in killing philip ii of macedon when he was on his balkan campaigns .
pleurias took on a minor role in the illlyrian revolt of 335 bc in blockading alexander the great advances southwards .
in 337 bc , philip 's aim was to subdue the autariatae state under pleurias , during his balkan campaigns .
while pleurias was engaged in a battle with philip , he almost succeeded in killing philip if not for a bodyguard receiving pleurias ' sword .
after receiving on his body all the blows directed at philip , the bodyguard died .
in 335 bc , pleurias entered into an alliance with gluacias of the taulantii state and cleitus of the dardanian state for the illyrian revolt .
cleitus had persuaded pleurias to attack alexander on his march south to meet him .
on the meanwhile , glaucias and cleitus would join forces and meet alexander at the city of pelion in the south .
langarus , an ally of alexander promised him that he would deal with the autariatae state while alexander would advance towards cleitus .
langarus invaded their territory and defeated pleurias , and thus brought a set back to illyrian revolt from the start .
in the 5th century bc the autariate state reached its peak of political and economic development .
at the time of pleurias ' rule , the autariatae state was in a decline due to the celtic migrations .
pleurias 's successors were followed by great hardship and by the gradual decline of the autariatae state which eded in 310 bc with their sudden disappearance .
