Archaeologists find ancient city from Hellenistic Period

Archaeologists have found an ancient city from the Hellenistic Period that may be the lost city of Bassania in Albania.
Bassania was an Illyrian city that came under Roman control during the Illyrian Wars. The location of Bassania has previously been suggested to be near the village of Pedhanë in the Lezhë County, or the village of Bushat in the Shkodër County. Bassania was described by the Roman historian Livius (59 BC – AD 17) in the context of the struggle of the Roman army with the last king of the Illyrians, Gentios.

The site was first discovered in 2018, when researchers from the University of Warsaw identified cyclopean defensive walls and two stone structures previously thought to be natural rock formations on a hill near Shkodra, revealed to be a gatehouse and two bastions.