10 minutes agoMalcolm: Only Albanians and Greeks have clear roots from pre-Roman civilisation
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)The renowned British historian Noel Malcolm, who is known as one of the most serious scholars of Albanian history and author of the book “Kosovo, a short history of”, said only Albanians and Greeks are ancient in the Balkans. He said in Pressing at T7 that “in the Albanian case, except for Greeks, they [...]
He said in Pressing in T7 that “in the case of Albanians, except for Greeks, they are the only people in the Balkans who have clear backgrounds from pre-Roman civilisation, from pre-Roman societies, in this case, as you said, the Daards were branches of Illyrians”.
Among the Roman Empire, Albanian lands took Christianity at a very early stage. By means of it, the Albanian language acquired many elements of the Latin dictionary. This has great symbolic significance, and, of course, I'm not an archaeologist. My interest in history really begins with the period after the Roman Empire, with the Middle Ages, with the Ottoman period, but I think it's very important for any society to know its origin from as old as possible. Of course, in the case of Albanians, except the Greeks, they are the only people in the Balkans to have clear backgrounds from pre-Roman civilization, from pre-Roman societies, in this case, as you said, theardians were branches of Illyrians. So this is a very important issue, and I am sure that archaeologists and antiquity historians will carefully analyze the implications of this”, he said.
