Butrint is Albania's greatest Roman archaeological site!
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- Explore Butrint, Albania from its earliest foundation, then as a Greek city, Roman city, and afterward as a Venetian stronghold. This is Albania's most famous archaeological site, a UNESCO world heritage site.
0:00 Introduction
1:06 Foundation and early city
2:55 Arrival of Rome
3:20 Augustan city
5:05 Virgil immortalizes the city in the Aeneid
6:26 Later history of Butrint: 3C AD- Christian city
8:20 Medieval city (Slavs, Normans, Byzantines, Venetians and more)- finally concluding with Ottoman control and then Albanian independence
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Thank you for showcasing this. It's fascinating to see ancient Roman traces all around the Adriatic Sea.
Glad you enjoyed it It really is an incredible part of the ancient world, and too many people don't know about it! We look forward to returning! Especially before it really gets on the tourist routes.
Butrint is not in the part of Adriatic Sea but the Ionian sea. South Albania
@iumaser3219But how is it possible that Old Greek Language by the center in Athens is the Old language of Illyrians? This is a well-known fact. Stop trying to take everything from us! You were nothing but slaves who came from Egypt, clothed and fed from Illyrians themselves, taught new language, traditions and all y'all did is make them well known that you were autochthonous !! 🙄😏
Get a life!
@iumaser3219
Yes.
Βουθρωτόν (Butrint) . An ancient Greek city in Northern Epirus.
Butrint is Albania's greatest Ancient GREEK archaeological site!
We will never let you obfuscate History.
Lol Greek?? Please!! Pre dates Greeks by 2000 years, since Pelasgian era.The cyclopian walls made of huge stones demostrates that!!!
It’s interesting to learn about the connections to ancient Troy, & amazing to think that some of the survivors may have visited this site. Great info…Thanks!
Yes, we love that fact about Butrint. So many more sites are connected to Troy, Odysseus, Aeneas! (More connections for future videos)
Hi Darius, could you explain the connections (if any) between the Lions gate at this site and the famous Luon’s Gate at Mycenae ? the design and stonework seem to be too similar to be a coincidence…. Thanks!
This is an excellent video - thanks so much for posting this.
Thank you!
The mosaic floor is stunning!!!!
Covered during our visit- but we cited the images that we featured.
We were visiting Corfu in 2019 and realized we could take a short ferry ride to Albania. We hired a tour guide/taxi driver in Saranda and he took us to Butrint. Fascinating visit but I’ve learned a lot more from this video. Thank you!
Sounds great! yes, a short hop from Corfu!
A lot of information and great imagery. Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching. (The drone helps, we think!)
9:48 excellent video and a real eye opener to this area. Thank you, Leslie and Tim
Thanks for watching!
I went here 6 months after Albania opened up for tourism. What an incredible place. There are areas where there are huge slabs of rock so smooth and so perfectly fitting together you cannot fit a pin between them. Each slab was carved to fit with the next, corners and straight lines. They are all about 1m long and almost as thick in places. How did they lift and carve them? I couldn't've see any tool marks on these slabs. There was one stream that was heated upstream and went under all the roman houses providing heat in winter and another stream they made to take effluent away. Sadly, there were no males in this town, neither young or middle aged. Only old old men tending gardens. When I asked the tour guide where all the males were, she said they went to Corfu and onto Europe to get away from the war. Her own 14 year old son, put floaties on his arms and along with his friends (one in a rubber ring), they swam to Corfu to escape the war. This place is incredible and is a showcase for what the Romans could achieve building wise.
Love your channel... Thankyou!
You are so welcome!
Lovely Video! Amazing how well preserved some of the buildings are!
Many thanks! It's an important site- and not very well known.
Great video, thanks! There is so much to see and it’s good to have your excellent guidance to make my choice from.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Wow, what an amazing site, and to be able to see it . Thank you ❤❤❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it
Greek colonies that existed in what is now modern Albania:
1. Apollonia
2. Epidamnos (Dyrrachium)
3. Butrint (Bouthroton)
4. Amantia
5. Oricum
These colonies were established by ancient Greek city-states and played significant roles in the region's history.
@dariusarya on his CZcams visited them all- so stand by for his future content
Its fascinating that some of these obscure ruins were key cities in the ancient empire. And the historical figures who might have strode those very floors.
A wonderful thing about the Roman Empire, is that you can discover different local communities and how they interacted with Rome, and remained distinct from it.
We're going to visit Corfu eventually. We'll be sure to see this also.
Yes, it's so close. Do visit!
Interesting!
Great video, thanks.
Glad you liked it!
Thanks
Welcome
One of my favorite ancient ruined cities I've ever visited. Thanks for a great showcase and overview of the history. Especially the drone shots were nice to see from above which the average Joe can't see walking around the site. Some of that I did not know like how those were the names of freed slaves written in Greek. Why were they enshrined forever on the theater, what was the reason for that?
Anyway, about Julius and Augustus Caesar. In my research, which isn't always the best sources like you probably know how to find, I found that both of them visited the city. Julius visited after his army's loss at Dyracchium (Durrës) to Pompey's forces. He hopes the magic spring water and relaxing atmosphere could help them regroup and face Pompey again in Greece which they did and won. That is why afterwards he gave special status to the city as a veteran colony for it helped them win the war. Augustus I heard visited maybe even twice as Emperor or before he was Emperor. As Emperor to oversee or inspect the additional constructions he ordered.
Anyway, GREAT VIDEO. I visited in June 2021 and recorded a bunch of videos and photos and still never released them anywhere 🤔 they are all on file, maybe I should.
Thanks for your comments. Yes, it's a great site- and so much more to say about it. We appreciate it that you liked the drone footage as well. Such lists of freed slaves are not uncommon in the ancient world. It was a momentous occasion- to be recorded- and the theater was part of the temple complex. So, it was an appropriate place (also very public and visible).
@iumaser3219 I'm more interested in Roman history, but thanks for the info and I knew some of that 👍. I'm pretty sure Albanians think they are descendants of Illyrians primarily.
Anyway, just thinking out loud but part of the reason I rarely post or edit my history on site videos I shot in my over one year of my life living in the Balkans is because some Greek, Albanian, or Slavic person is always jumping in the comments sections with what they feel they need to input from their point of view. It's pretty annoying actually. You put some cool info I do admit. And sources. 👍
Well done . 👍🏼
Thanks 👍
@@AncientRomeLive S P Q R aeternum .
I appreciate the effort that goes into making these videos, but I call into question their accuracy. We really have no way of knowing what these sites actually looked like, unless there are paintings lying around that were created back then. There's just really nothing left of any of the structures. It is my understanding that the stone from these sites was removed over the centuries to make buildings elsewhere. Perhaps there are other sources of information you're relying upon?
We are PhD scholars that make these videos. The knowledge shared includes an in-depth study of the the remains, the ancient sources, and immense amount of previous scholarship.
Agora...Not Ag-ora in pronunciation. Just trying to help. Lol. Great video as always. Thanks.
Thanks for watching.
l'impero Romano con l'influsso culturale Greco , è stato il pilastro portante della cultura Occidentale , che nel bene o nel male è senza dubbio la civiltà più progredita tecnicamente , giuridicamente e politicamente , ha ovviamente molte colpe e molte inefficienze , ma non esistono attualmente e non sono mai esistite nel passato culture che siano migliori , rispetto ai valori fondamentali dell'uomo , ( almeno io non ne conosco nessuna ) , Cinese , Russa , Afgana , Araba , Vietnamita eccc..... mille volte meglio la cultura Occidentale
Continuiamo viaggiare nel mondo romano!
Fantastic introduction and wonderful photography! Thank you Darius and team for bringing these lesser-known Roman sites to wider attention.
Come please to croatia
We've been! We need to put up some videos on Croatia (Split, Salona, etc)
in Albania there is also a large Roman amphitheater in Durrës, which is the third largest in the region. Butrint has been not a greek colony. it was built by the chaonians that were the native inhabitants on the territory that now is shared between Albania and Greece.
Yes, @dariusarya will share his video on Durres and more. Yes, regarding the native inhabitants- who created the original, impressive "Greek" polis.
@@AncientRomeLive there are still parts of the ruins that are undiscovered, but it is something that costs money to do
@iumaser3219 I show you who you really are. You must be a Greekized Vlach. Real Hellenes are dark skinned like Egyptians or Turks and other Mediterranean countries if you don't know. Europe supported you to be part of the EU because during the 70s you were a poor country. You have invested money to make your story real. All linguists have proven that the Albanian language is at the root of the Indo-European languages, and this makes Greek inferior because in-depth studies will show that the Greek language itself came from the Albanian language, but you transformed it into a gipsy language.
@iumaser3219 Cope
Greek colonies that existed in what is now modern Albania:
1. Apollonia
2. Epidamnos (Dyrrachium)
3. Butrint (Bouthroton)
4. Amantia
5. Oricum
These colonies were established by ancient Greek city-states and played significant roles in the region's history.
Ilirjan jo greko jo roman
Do you know that when Khrushev visited Albania he wished to built a nuclear submarine base in Butrint, razing all the archaeological site to dig an underground bunker for the submarines!?!?! He said it was an ideal place, that one just had to throw all the "old shit" to the sea and build the bunkers. All that soviet love for culture... 😡😡😡
Never been Greek colony! That's wrong
Yes, more of a Greek "polis" in appearance. See whc.unesco.org/en/list/570/
Greek colonies that existed in what is now modern Albania:
1. Apollonia
2. Epidamnos (Dyrrachium)
3. Butrint (Bouthroton)
4. Amantia
5. Oricum
These colonies were established by ancient Greek city-states and played significant roles in the region's history.
Butrinti was a big city when roman comming.is not roman.when biutrinti was a city,
roma and roman don't exist
Butrint Ist nicht Roman..scheise Mann. Butrint ist mehr Altar als Romen.. ist Alter Albanische
This is greek not roman
stop this propaganda
Kosovo is serbia
People forget that Albanians and Greeks are the same people whe share the same history and blood !
Actually...at ALL...Greeks and Albanians look very different..and Greeks can understand when they seee an Albanian
@giorgossket1118 Albanians = lighter skin color, greeks = northern african
@@giorgossket1118gipsy greek
Βουθρωτό is the name. This is an ancient GREEK city. Of course all of ancient Greece was a Roman province. The title of the video is WRONG.
Butrinti was a city before the Greeks.greeks don't exist when butrinti was city.
Greek lies
@@albalb6409 Hahahaha the Albanians were BARBARIANS. You had no cities. And the name is Βουθρωτό, which actually means something in Ancient Greek.
You look how Egyptian.
The today greek are gipsy.the antic greek was albanian and you now that.
Are 5 milion arvanites in the Greece today which forbid them to speak Albanian even today.
Greek state=false church state.
The Greek state was founded with the blood of Albanians in 1821.
No one was greek in that war