Byllis, Albania
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ Byllis is perched high on top of a hill some 520 meters above sea level, overlooking the Vjosa River and definitely occupying a strong strategic position. The city is surrounded by sturdy Hellenistic walls over a distance of more than two kilometres, 3.5 meters thick and reaching a height of eight to nine meters; it is interrupted by six fortified entrance gates. No less than four inscriptions testify of the reconstruction by the Byzantine engineer Victorinus, who worked upon instructions of Emperor Justinian (end 5th-early 6th century AD). History About its foundation it has been suggested that Byllis was founded by Greek settlers. According to another view, Byllis was found by king Pyrrhus of Epirus. Pyrrhus (Πύρρος, Pyrrhos; 319/318–272 BC) was a Greek general and statesman of the Hellenistic period.He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians,of the royal Aeacid house (from c. 297 BC),and later he became king of Epirus (r. 306–302, 297–272 BC) and Macedon (r...