Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 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 yawancin gabar teku, yayin da aka bar ciki a ƙarƙashin ikon Slavic kuma daga baya Bulgarian. An kafa cikakken iko na Byzantine a kan Albania ta zamani ne kawai bayan nasarar da Byzantine ta yi a Bulgaria
a farkon karni na 11.