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The Mongol invasions of Russia and Eastern Europe occurred first with a brief sortie in 1223 CE and then again in a much larger campaign between 1237 CE and 1242 CE. The Mongols, seemingly coming from nowhere and quickly...

The siege of Antioch in 1097-1098 CE occurred during the First Crusade (1095-1102 CE) when the western Crusader knights were on their way to retake Jerusalem. The great metropolis of Antioch in northern Syria was...

The history of Italian colonialism unfolded in a relatively short period, between the late 19th century and the Second World War (1939-45). After the unification of Italy, the young kingdom sought to establish itself...

Via Egnatia was a major Roman road in the Balkans, stretching 1,120 kilometers (696 miles) from the Adriatic Sea in the west to the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara in the east. The western terminus is slightly...

The Molossi inhabited ancient Epirus (modern northern Greece and Albania). This dog once wore a collar. Its gaping jaws show powerful teeth, but the relaxed pose and upward gaze give it an obedient air. Five other versions of...

The First Peace of Nisibis (299 CE) established a rare moment of stability in the long rivalry between the Roman and Sasanian Empires, fixing their borders in the Caucasus after Emperor Diocletian...

A modern bust of Teuta, the 3rd-century BCE queen of the Ardiaei, an Illyrian tribe. Teuta commanded fleets that were accused of piracy by the Romans, who sent a force to defeat her in 229/228 BCE. Krujë, Albania.

A segment of typical 2nd century CE Roman wall from Butrint (modern Albania). The wall is in the opus mixtum style which combined layers of opus testaceum (standard brick facing) with opus reticulatum (square-based pyramid...

Statue of the Illyrian Queen Teuta (r. 231-227 BCE) and Pinnes in Tirana, Albania

Detail from the map “Bosporus, Maeotis, Iberia, Albania et Sarmatia Asiatica “ by CHRISTOPHORUS CELLARIUS (1638-1707), from the book “Notitiae Orbis Antiqui sive Geographiae Plenioris Tomus Alter Asiam et Africam“, printed in Leipzig...