"Moreover, you scorned our people, and compared the Albanese to sheep, and according to your custom think of us with insults. Nor have you shown yourself to have any knowledge of my race. Our elders were Epirotes, where this Pirro came from, whose force could scarcely support the Romans. This Pirro, who Taranto and many other places of Italy held back with armies. I do not have to speak for the Epiroti. They are very much stronger men than your Tarantini, a species of wet men who are born only to fish. If you want to say that Albania is part of Macedonia I would concede that a lot more of our ancestors were nobles who went as far as India under Alexander the Great and defeated all those peoples with incredible difficulty. From those men come these who you called sheep. But the nature of things is not changed. Why do your men run away in the faces of sheep?"
Letter from Skanderbeg to the Prince of Taranto ▬ Skanderbeg, October 31 1460
Politics
-
- Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 0 Replies
- 3883 Views
-
Last post by Tomorr
Sat Dec 10, 2016 6:10 pm
-
- 1 Replies
- 945 Views
-
Last post by Edison
Thu Feb 18, 2016 4:10 pm
-
- 1 Replies
- 1224 Views
-
Last post by Zeus10
Wed Nov 12, 2014 5:33 pm
-
- 4 Replies
- 3959 Views
-
Last post by Patush
Mon Dec 27, 2010 7:10 pm
-
- 0 Replies
- 1286 Views
-
Last post by Arta
Sun May 23, 2010 7:48 pm
-
- 0 Replies
- 1079 Views
-
Last post by Arta
Sun May 23, 2010 7:42 pm
-
- 0 Replies
- 1116 Views
-
Last post by Patush
Sat May 15, 2010 8:07 pm
-
- 0 Replies
- 1181 Views
-
Last post by Patush
Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:02 pm
-
- 0 Replies
- 1183 Views
-
Last post by Aulona
Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:32 am
-
- 0 Replies
- 1167 Views
-
Last post by Arta
Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:02 am
-
- 0 Replies
- 1158 Views
-
Last post by Patush
Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:23 pm
-
- 0 Replies
- 1088 Views
-
Last post by Patush
Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:04 pm
-
- 2 Replies
- 1348 Views
-
Last post by Arta
Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:12 pm
-
- 20 Replies
- 4317 Views
-
Last post by Arta
Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:23 am
-
- 0 Replies
- 1117 Views
-
Last post by Patush
Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:42 pm
-
- 0 Replies
- 1127 Views
-
Last post by Arta
Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:49 am
-
- 4 Replies
- 1778 Views
-
Last post by Arta
Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:47 pm
-
- 0 Replies
- 1061 Views
-
Last post by Aulona
Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:13 pm
-
- 2 Replies
- 1515 Views
-
Last post by Arta
Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:06 pm