Arbanon is considered to be the first sketch of an Albanian state, that retained a semi-autonomous status as the western extremity of the Byzantine Empire, under the Byzantine Doukai of Epirus or Laskarids of Nicaea.
Arbanon is regarded as the initial outline of an Albanian state, which maintained a semi-independent standing as the western boundary of the Byzantine Empire, under the Byzantine Doukai of Epirus or Laskarids of Nicaea.