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 seen as the first attempt at forming an Albanian state, which held a semi-autonomous position as the westernmost part of the Byzantine Empire, governed by the Byzantine Doukai of Epirus or Laskarids of Nicaea.