Stradiotet jane nje pike tjeter e dobet e propagandes bizantine, prandaj s'eshte edhe aq e cuditshme pse studiues te moderuar grek (si puna e N. Pappas) mundohet qe ne saje te shoshitjes se emrave te stradioteve, t'i nxjerre 80% shqiptare dhe 20% greke. Shqiptaret qe sherbenin si stradiote anekend Evropes vinin nga Shqiperia bregdetare qe perfshinte tere Jugun prej Himares e gjer ne More. Ata jane pos te tjerash edhe nje pasqyre ne miniature e perbamjes etnografike te "Eladhes" se shek. XVIII, apo jo?
E hodha kete postim tek tema per Epirin sebep frazes se nenvizuar 'Albanians (Epiroti)'. Perndryshe, do te ishte mire qe dy postimet e fundit (ky dhe tjetri siper i Mallakastriotit) te kopjoheshin edhe tek tema e pervecme per Stradiotet!"A third variety of light horse still in high estimation were the Stradiotes or Albanians, which in our commentaries on the Italian wars, we have noticed as first employed by the Venetians. A body of these Albanians (Epiroti) are mentioned by Strada in his enumeration of the original army which Alva led out of Italy into the Low-Countries.
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