Talk:Mat District

Under The Heading of HISTORY
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 * Ancient Mat was populated by an Illyrian tribe known as Pirusia.  Pirusian soldiers gained a reputation for bravery after fighting the Romans of Dardania.


 * In the 15th Century, Skanderbeg, governor of the region that included Mat, and son of Gjon Kastrioti, also governor, rebelled against the occupying Ottomans who rulled over the region and became defacto king of Albania in the process.


 * In 1462, a Roman Cathollic synod was held in Mat by Cardinal Pal Egnelli Archbishop of the diocese of Durrës where he presented the baptismal formula in native Albanian to the people of Albania, the very first sentence ever written native Albanian.