This man claimed that his ethnic group originated in Colchis, then moved to Rome, then followed the Cattle of Geryon to their present homeland, a story he attributes to Roman historian Pompeus Trogus.
This man claimed that his ethnic group originated in Colchis, then moved to Rome, then followed the Cattle of Geryon to their present homeland, a story he attributes to Roman historian Pompeus Trogus. When this man arrived in one city as a refugee, he was given a meat stall to operate for income, which he used to train for the priesthood. The protagonist of one of this historian's books is betrayed by a relative named Moses, and as a child shows his future greatness by being able to bend a bow further than his future rival. This man's first book is an eyewitness account of two attacks on his home city and is titled the Siege of Skhodra. In a more famous book, this man describes the fortification of Kruja, the attacks of Ballaban Badera, and the formation of the League of Lezhe. That work centers on a man born George Castrioti. For 10 points, name this Albanian historian, best known for popularizing Skanderbeg in the West.
This man claimed that his ethnic group originated in Colchis, then moved to Rome, then followed the Cattle of Geryon to their present homeland, a story he attributes to Roman historian Pompeus Trogus.
Marin Barleti