1225 BC Earliest known Illyrian King, Hylli (Hyllus), dies. 358 BC Illyrians defeated by Philip II of Macedonia. 312 BC King Glaucius of Illyria seized Epidamnos(Durres). 229 BC and 219 BC Romanat Shkodër. 1st century AD Christianity comes to Illyrian populated areas...

The origin of the Albanians has been for some time a matter of dispute among historians. Albanians are people who speak Albanian, an Indo-European language. Though the vocabulary contains some Greek, Latin, Slavic and Turkish words, the language per se has no other close living relative, making...