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'''Albanopolis''' ({{sq|Albanopoli}}, [[Greek language|Greek]],"''Ἀλβανόπολις''")<ref>Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)William Smith, LLD, Ed.,Ptolemy is the earliest writer in whose works the name of the Albanians has been distinctly recognised. He mentions (3.13.23) a tribe called ALBANI (Ἀλβανοί) and a town ALBANOPOLIS (Ἀλβανόπολις), in the region lying to the E. of the Ionian sea; and from the names of places with which Albanopolis is connected, it appears clearly to have been in the S. part of the Illyrian territory, and in modern Albania. There are no means of forming a conjecture how the name of this obscure tribe came to be extended to so considerable a nation.</ref> was a city in ancient [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Roman Macedon]] specifically in [[Epirus Nova]], the city of the [[Albanoi]], an [[Illyrians|Illyrian]] tribe. The editors of the [[Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World]] locate Albanopolis at the modern-day village of [[Zgërdhesh]], near [[Krujë]], [[Albania]].<ref>{{Barrington|49 & notes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://albania.shqiperia.com/kat/m/shfaqart/aid/2285.html|title=Albanopolis |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=29 March 2010}}</ref> The city appears at 150 AD almost 300 years after Roman conquest of the region. The [[Illyria]]n settlement here seems to have been founded in the 7th or 6th century BC and flourished in the 4th and 3rd centuries, before being abandoned in the 2nd century BC, when the inhabitants moved to [[Durrës]] and [[Lezha]].<ref name="Elsie">{{citation|author=[[Robert Elsie]]|title=Historical Dictionary of Albania| series=Historical Dictionaries of Europe|volume=75| edition=2| year=2010| pages=497–498| publisher=Scarecrow Press| isbn=978-0810861886}}</ref> The ancient city may correspond with later mentions of the settlement called Arbanon and Albanon during the Middle Ages, although it is not certain this was the same place.<ref>Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992,ISBN 0-631-19807-5.,page 279,"We cannot be certain that the Arbanon of Anna Comnena is the same as Albanopolis of the Albani, a place located on the map of Ptolemy"</ref> |
'''Albanopolis''' ({{sq|Albanopoli}}, [[Greek language|Greek]],"''Ἀλβανόπολις''")<ref>Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)William Smith, LLD, Ed.,Ptolemy is the earliest writer in whose works the name of the Albanians has been distinctly recognised. He mentions (3.13.23) a tribe called ALBANI (Ἀλβανοί) and a town ALBANOPOLIS (Ἀλβανόπολις), in the region lying to the E. of the Ionian sea; and from the names of places with which Albanopolis is connected, it appears clearly to have been in the S. part of the Illyrian territory, and in modern Albania. There are no means of forming a conjecture how the name of this obscure tribe came to be extended to so considerable a nation.</ref> was a city in ancient [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Roman province of Macedon]], [[Illyria]], specifically in [[Epirus Nova]], the city of the [[Albanoi]], an [[Illyrians|Illyrian]] tribe. The editors of the [[Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World]] locate Albanopolis at the modern-day village of [[Zgërdhesh]], near [[Krujë]], [[Albania]].<ref>{{Barrington|49 & notes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://albania.shqiperia.com/kat/m/shfaqart/aid/2285.html|title=Albanopolis |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=29 March 2010}}</ref> The city appears at 150 AD almost 300 years after Roman conquest of the region. The [[Illyria]]n settlement here seems to have been founded in the 7th or 6th century BC and flourished in the 4th and 3rd centuries, before being abandoned in the 2nd century BC, when the inhabitants moved to [[Durrës]] and [[Lezha]].<ref name="Elsie">{{citation|author=[[Robert Elsie]]|title=Historical Dictionary of Albania| series=Historical Dictionaries of Europe|volume=75| edition=2| year=2010| pages=497–498| publisher=Scarecrow Press| isbn=978-0810861886}}</ref> The ancient city may correspond with later mentions of the settlement called Arbanon and Albanon during the Middle Ages, although it is not certain this was the same place.<ref>Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992,ISBN 0-631-19807-5.,page 279,"We cannot be certain that the Arbanon of Anna Comnena is the same as Albanopolis of the Albani, a place located on the map of Ptolemy"</ref> |
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[[File:Albani150ADRomanEmpire.png|thumb|right|Location of the Albani]] |
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Revision as of 03:25, 15 September 2014
41°28′31″N 19°46′35″E / 41.47528°N 19.77639°E Albanopolis (Albanian: Albanopoli, Greek,"Ἀλβανόπολις")[1] was a city in ancient Roman province of Macedon, Illyria, specifically in Epirus Nova, the city of the Albanoi, an Illyrian tribe. The editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World locate Albanopolis at the modern-day village of Zgërdhesh, near Krujë, Albania.[2][3] The city appears at 150 AD almost 300 years after Roman conquest of the region. The Illyrian settlement here seems to have been founded in the 7th or 6th century BC and flourished in the 4th and 3rd centuries, before being abandoned in the 2nd century BC, when the inhabitants moved to Durrës and Lezha.[4] The ancient city may correspond with later mentions of the settlement called Arbanon and Albanon during the Middle Ages, although it is not certain this was the same place.[5]
References
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)William Smith, LLD, Ed.,Ptolemy is the earliest writer in whose works the name of the Albanians has been distinctly recognised. He mentions (3.13.23) a tribe called ALBANI (Ἀλβανοί) and a town ALBANOPOLIS (Ἀλβανόπολις), in the region lying to the E. of the Ionian sea; and from the names of places with which Albanopolis is connected, it appears clearly to have been in the S. part of the Illyrian territory, and in modern Albania. There are no means of forming a conjecture how the name of this obscure tribe came to be extended to so considerable a nation.
- ^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 49 & notes.
- ^ "Albanopolis". Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ Robert Elsie (2010), Historical Dictionary of Albania, Historical Dictionaries of Europe, vol. 75 (2 ed.), Scarecrow Press, pp. 497–498, ISBN 978-0810861886
- ^ Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992,ISBN 0-631-19807-5.,page 279,"We cannot be certain that the Arbanon of Anna Comnena is the same as Albanopolis of the Albani, a place located on the map of Ptolemy"
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