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The helmet of Scanderbeg * IN * PE * RA * TO * RE * BT *

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The helmet och Scanderbeg

Skanderbeg's helmet is made of white metal, adorned with a strip dressed in gold. On its top lies the head of a horned goat made of bronze, also dressed in gold. The bottom part bears a copper strip adorned with a monogram separated by rosettes * IN * PE * RA * TO * RE * BT *, which means: Jhezus Nazarenus * Principi Emathie * Regi Albaniae * Terrori Osmanorum * Regi Epirotarum * Benedictat Te (Jesus Nazarene Blesses Thee [Skanderbeg], Prince of Mat, King of Albania, Terror of the Ottomans, King of Epirus).
Thus the inscriptions on the helmet may refer to the unsettled name by which Albania was known at the time, as a means to identify Skanderbeg's leadership over all Albanians across regional denominative identifications.
Turkish: Arnaut, Greek: Arbanas, Arbanensis, Italian: Albanian, Epirotarum, Albanensis, Albanian: Arber, Arberesh, Epirotas.[1])
The first element which commands attention is the meaning and symbolism of the horned goat on the helmet. It is difficult to assess with certainty what the horned goat might signify. It might be explained by the cult of the wild goat, the symbol of the "zana" or goddess "Diana".Note: Dhi-ana; Lady of the Goats in Albanian. The 'Z', 'D', 'Th' shift is vey common like Zeus, Deus, Theos. There are signs indicating that the cult of the wild goat is very ancient. The Roman writer and historian of the I-II century A.D., S. Suetom Tanquilli (De Vita Caesarum, L.II, 12, 94.) writes that the Roman Emperor Augustus, after putting down the Illyrian revolt of Bato, cut a coin bearing the head of a horned goat to celebrate the victory
There is another possible explanation with serious historical ramifications. According to a report by historians
Kamus-al-Alam maintains that the wording "Dhu lKarnejn" (owner of the two horns) was an appellative attributed to Alexander the Great of Macedon, the very name which Skanderbeg bore
This second explanation may be the truer, since the theory of the Macedonian-Albanian and Epirot-Albanian continuance is strong
Marin Barleti who writes: "When the people saw all those young and brave men around Skanderbeg, then it was not hard to believe that the armies of [Sultan] Murat were so defeated by the Albanians. Indeed, the times when the star of Macedon shone brilliantly had returned, just as they seemed in those long forgotten times of Pyrrhus and Alexander."

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  • Dy simbolet kane mbet nga Zeusi (Zoti) mitologjia e tregon se jetoj ne nje shpell per nje kohe dhe Shqiponjat e mbrojten kurse dhia e ushqej edhe prej athere si Alexsandri, Pirro dhe Skenderbeu i mbajten keto simbole edhe emri shqiptar na ka mbete prej (te bijt e shqipes) kur Pirro vjen ne Epir popullit i drejtohet o ju t'bijt e shqipes...

  • bravo vlla,ke bere nje pune te perkryer...

    ne te gjitha videot....

    greket quajne dhia(ΔΙΑ)atin e zotrave ne mitollogji,duhet te mesoje tere bota se kush eshte kuptimi i fjales dhe prejardhja e saj...

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  • edhe pirro i epirit mbante nje perkrenare te ngjashme, sic vete skenderbeu eshte shprehur se eshte pasardhesi i pirros se epirit. edhe me aleksandrin ka simbole te ngjashme. po aleksandri ka gjak shqiptar e eshte rritur ne shqiperi deri 18 vjec, me ndikim shqiptar nga e ema qe e urrente te atin, filipin. aleksandri qe ka pushtuar troje pa fund nuk i sulmoi asnjehere iliret. cdo gje perputhet tek simbolet si te flamurit si te perkrenares. RROFTE SHQIPERIA, RROFSHIN BIJTE E SHQIPES!

  • 5 dislikes, si cdo njri qe ka vrim bythe, paska dhe cdo video!

  • OUR LEGENDARY KING

    nobody cant touch our King !!!!

    HE WAS ALBANIAN AND FOUGHT AND DIED FOR ALBANIA AND ALBANIANS

    FUCK TURKS , FUCK SERBS AND FUCK GREEKS !!!!

  • @TheEdison82 na ha karin ti me gjithe at djallin tend

    KY SIMBOL KA QEN SIMBOL I ALEXANDRIT TE MADH

    TRAP !!!!

  • Horned goat ( dhija me briret), ky simbol qe dihet domethenia e tij shenja e djallit eshte simboli ku djalli paraqitet me shpesh ne ikonat dhe skriptet satanike, mos valle kete mbante heroi une kombetare mbi krye....

  • @ILLYRICUMSACRUM Bravo Vlla ke ba 1 video shume te bukur per sa ma shume prova kena nevoje qe kshu te marrin trojet tona bravo bravo bravo me ke lane pa fjale

  • Very goog video this should shut up fuking serbs Gjergj Kastrioti is albanian hero he wa the only king in the ballkan to fight the turks and distroi them for 25 years!!!

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  • Great Job! I know that Plutarch says that Pyrrhus had a helmet with a goat head on top. Read it. (100 Lives). It must have been the symbol of Epirotes and Illyrians. The Arbereshi in Italy speak Albanian, not Serbian or Greek.

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