Albanoi

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Albani (Albanoi), tribe in ancient Illyria, from Alexander G. Findlay's Classical Atlas to Illustrate Ancient Geography, New York, 1849

Albanoi (Albanian: Albanët) were an Illyrian tribe who lived in what is now central Albania, near the present-day city of Kruja. They gave to the modern Albanian nation its name Albanoi also had their city named Albanopolis.

[edit] References

• In the 1st century AD, Pliny the Elder mentions an Illyrian tribe named Olbonenses.
• In the 2nd century AD, Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer from Alexandria, drafted a map of remarkable significance for the history of Illyria. This map shows the city of Albanopolis (located south of Durrës). Ptolemy also mentions the Illyrian tribe named Albanoi, who lived around this city.

[edit] See also

• List of Illyrian tribes