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Sasanian Conquest of Antioch

The Sasanian king Shapur I captured Antioch following his victorious campaigns against the Roman Empire. The fall of this major city marked a significant moment in Roman-Persian conflicts...

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Fourth Crusade Shatters Byzantium

1204 — Constantinople is captured and Latin states are established across parts of Greece.

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Byzantine Theme of Dyrrachium

c. 800–1204 CE — Byzantium organizes the Adriatic region around Dyrrachium as a military and administrative theme. The city becomes essential for defending routes between the Adriatic and...

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Via Egnatia Crosses the Balkans

c. 146–120 BCE — Roman engineers develop the Via Egnatia from the Adriatic coast through Macedonia toward Byzantium. Dyrrachium becomes one of the principal western gateways of the route....

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One Country — Many Historical Layers

c. 6500 BCE–2026 CE — The territory and people of modern Albania were shaped by prehistoric Balkan societies, Illyrian political formations, Rome, Byzantium, medieval Albanian principalit...

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Thousands of Years — Many Different Greeces

Mycenaean kingdoms, poleis, Macedon, Rome, Byzantium, Ottoman rule and the modern state belong to one landscape but very different political worlds.

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Was Byzantium Greek or Roman?

Its inhabitants called themselves Romans, spoke increasingly Greek and preserved an Eastern Roman state for centuries.

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