Albanoi

Localisation de l'Albani 150 après J.-C. dans la province romaine de Macedon

Les Albanoi (en grec ancien : Ἀλβανοί, Albanoi ; en albanais : Albanët) ou Albani étaient une tribu illyrienne dont le premier récit historique apparait dans une œuvre de Ptolémée, et une ville appelée Albanopolis (Ἀλβανόπολις) située à l’est de la mer Ionienne, dans l’Albanie contemporaine^[1].

↑ Sir William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography: Iabadius-Zymethus, Little, Brown and Co., 1857 (lire en ligne), p. 37 :
« Ptolemy is the earliest writer in whose works the name of these Albanians has been distinctly recognised. He mentions (iii. 3.13.23) the name 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 is no means of forming a conjecture on how the name of this obscure tribe came to be extended to so considerable a nation. »

[Smith1857-1] Sir William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography: Iabadius-Zymethus, Little, Brown and Co., 1857 (lire en ligne), p. 37 :
« Ptolemy is the earliest writer in whose works the name of these Albanians has been distinctly recognised. He mentions (iii. 3.13.23) the name 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 is no means of forming a conjecture on how the name of this obscure tribe came to be extended to so considerable a nation. »

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