{"slug": "shkoder", "label": "Shkodër", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131638", "qid": "Q131638", "description": "city in northwestern Albania", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [-227, 1910], "span_label": ["228 BCE", "1910 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}], "also_known_as": ["Scodra", "Shkodër, Albania"], "related": [{"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "roman-republic", "label": "Roman Republic", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "illyria", "label": "Illyria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "republic-of-venice", "label": "Republic of Venice", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lemnos", "label": "Lemnos", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "apollonia-illyria", "label": "Apollonia (Illyria)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "demetrius-of-pharos", "label": "Demetrius of Pharos", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "macedonia-ancient-kingdom", "label": "Macedonia (ancient kingdom)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "perseus-of-macedon", "label": "Perseus of Macedon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "serbian-despotate", "label": "Serbian Despotate", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -227, "year_label": "228 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Illyrian queen Teuta's governor, Demetrius of Pharos has little alternative but to surrender to the overwhelming Roman force. In return, the Romans award him a considerable part of Teuta's holdings to counter-balance the power of Teuta. Meanwhile, the Roman army lands further north at Apollonia. The combined Roman army and fleet proceed northward together, subduing one town after another and besieging Shkodra, the Illyrian capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326026286#Greece", "title": "228 BC", "revid": 1326026286, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -226, "year_label": "227 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Queen Teuta of Illyria finally surrenders to Roman forces and is forced by the Romans to accept an ignominious peace. The Romans allow her to continue her reign but restrict her to a narrow region around the Illyrian capital, Shkodra, deprive her of all her other territory, and forbid her to sail an armed ship below Lissus just south of the capital. They also require her to pay an annual tribute and to acknowledge the final authority of Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1288758207#Illyria", "title": "227 BC", "revid": 1288758207, "section": "Events › By place › Illyria"}}, {"year": -167, "year_label": "168 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The king of Illyria, Gentius, is defeated at Scodra by a Roman force under Lucius Anicius Gallus and then brought to Rome as a captive to be interned in Iguvium. This loss removes Illyria as an important ally for Macedonia and effectively weakens Perseus of Macedon in his battle with Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352698468#Albania", "title": "168 BC", "revid": 1352698468, "section": "Events › By place › Albania"}}, {"year": 1423, "year_label": "1423 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – The Treaty of Sveti Srdj ends the Second Scutari War, waged between the Serbian Despotate and the Venetian Republic, over Scutari, and other former possessions of Zeta, captured by the Venetians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365656788#July–September", "title": "1423", "revid": 1365656788, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1448, "year_label": "1448 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – The League of Lezhë, made up of the armies of various Albanian principalities, defeats the forces of the Venetian Republic and the Ottoman Empire at the battle of Scutari.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367832753#July–September", "title": "1448", "revid": 1367832753, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1479, "year_label": "1479 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 – The Treaty of Constantinople is signed between the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Venice, ending 16 years of war between the two powers; Venice will cede Negroponte, Lemnos and Shkodër, and pay an annual sum of 10,000 gold ducats.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359855824#January–March", "title": "1479", "revid": 1359855824, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1499, "year_label": "1499 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Zeta, the last free monarchy in Southeastern Europe, is annexed by the Ottoman Empire, as part of the sanjak of Shkodër, and Stefan II Crnojević is removed from office.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369343359#Date_unknown", "title": "1499", "revid": 1369343359, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1910, "year_label": "1910 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – Ottoman forces capture the city of Shkodër to put down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373495790#July", "title": "1910", "revid": 1373495790, "section": "Events › July"}}]}