Recent content by Olti27

Well proto-albanians were ruled by Latin administration so the low greek loans is the expected result. Same goes for illyrians who were never ruled by the ancient greeks. For example proto-serbs/serbs have lived near albanians for 1400 years, yet they have low if at all albanian loan words. On...

Which haplogroups has Bruzmi claimed as Illyrian? In the part you highlighted Illyrians still retained control up to the Vardar river. Illyrians also retained control of the lake lands up until 334 BC when Cleitus and Glaukia lost to Alexander the Great in the battle of Pelion. That is not a...

Well according to Hammond in his book Migrations And Invasions In Greece And Adjacent Areas, the Illyrians had expanded quite a lot ruling in ancient Macedonia, Peaonia and even expelling the Maedi with archeological finds in Pella and Shtip. He also noted peaceful Illyrian settling throughout...

I don't know what the arguments are on anthrogenica but Appian is a reliable source. You just don't like him because he includes Dardanians among the Illyrians. The confusion of Paeonians/Pannonians is comon in ancient literature. You yourself posted as a source a letter of Julian the Emperor to...