Duklja

Duklja (Latin: Doclea or Dioclea) was a medieval state located in modern-day Montenegro and northern Albania (including the city of Skadar). Duklja was vassal of the Eastern Roman Empire until it won its independence in the mid-11th century, ruled by the House of Vojislavljevi?.

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Duklja was named after the town of Dioclea, which got its name from the ancient Illyrian tribe of Docleata. The location of Dioclea is near today's Podgorica, while the center of Duklja was actually near Bar (which was the archiepiscopal center).

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Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...

Montenegro: : This article is about the republic in Serbia-Montenegro, Europe. See also: Montenegro, Brazil or Montenegro, Colombia....

Albania: :Albania was also the name of an unrelated ancient state in the Caucasus – see Caucasian Albania....