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ndence on Rome after this march. The
power in Albania was in the
hands of local rulers in the I century A.D. The Albanian rulers were
maintaining diplomatic relations with Rome and displaying
interest to the Roman orientation in their foreign policy.
The Roman emperor Neuron was planning a large march
to Albania
in 68. It was to be
a march to the passage of
Derbend. But because of Neuron’s death during the Roman
rebellion the march didn’t take place. A bit later the Roman
military detachment reached the shores of the Caspian Sea,
current Apsheron peninsular.
There was found a stone
inscription in Latin in Gobustan. It said: "The Emperor
Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus. Lucy Julius Maximus,
the centurion of the 12
th
emitting lightning legion".
The
Gobustan stone inscription refers to the years of
84-96.
Albania maintained political, cultural and trade relations with
Rome at that time. Adrian (117-138) – the Roman emperor
maintained close friendship relations with
the kings of Albania
and sent them valuable gifts. The Roman-Albanian relations
continued till the middle of the 3rd century.
On the purpose of getting a trophy, tribes living to the
north of the
Greater Caucasian Mountains, made marches for
many times to the South Caucasus and the countries of the
western Asia through the passage of Derbend. The West coast
of the Caspian Sea and Derbend passage played a bridging role
between the northern countries and cultural centers of the Near
East at all times. Such marches were
often perpetrated by Alan
tribes in the I and III centuries A.D. They were moving to the South
passing through the territories of Albania. One of the biggest
marches by Alan tribes took place in the
years of 72-74.
In order
to get the trophy, they moved to the South with great forces,
robbing and pillaging a lot of countries along the way.
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Marches of the northern tribes to the territory of Azerbaijan con-
tinued in subsequent centuries too. The Catacomb graves (undergro-
und vaults) were discovered in Albania and associated with Alan tri-
bes. The Catacomb graves had been studied in Gabala and Mingac-
hevir. These monuments belong to the I – III centuries of A.D. The
dead were buried in large hilts or wooden boxes in catacomb graves.
Beginning from the middle of the I millennium B.C. the
peculiar Albanian culture arose. There
was drawn a splendid
land hurdle and dug a deep trench around the country’s capital
city of Gabala. Beginning from the III century B.C. a tile had
been used in the Albanian architecture. The production of the
tile in Albania appeared as a result of the influence of Greek
culture. Writing played an important role in the development of
culture.
Albania's population was familiar with writing in the
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