Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Daga baya, a farkon ƙarni na 9, gwamnatin Byzantine ta kafa taken Dyrrhachium, wanda ke da tushe a cikin garin mai suna iri ɗaya kuma ya rufe mafi yawan gabar teku, yayin da aka bar ciki a ƙarƙashin ikon Slav da daga baya Bulgarian. Cikakken ikon Byzantine akan Albania ta zamani an kafa shi ne kawai bayan
Nasarar Byzantine na Bulgaria a farkon karni na 11.