Albanopolis

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Albanopolis was a city in ancient Illyria, the capital of the Albanoi, an Illyrian tribe. The editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World tentatively locate Albanopolis at the modern-day village of Zgërdhesh, near Kruja, Albania.[1]t is not certain if the ancient city corresponds with later mentions of it[2].

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  1. ^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 49 & notes.
  2. ^ Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992,ISBN 0631198075.,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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