Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Dabere na akụkọ nke John Skylitzes, na, mgbe
Ndị Byzantine meriri Bulgaria, Emperor Basil nke Abụọ kere isiokwu ọhụrụ na Koloneia, Dryinopolis, na Dyrrhachium, wee biri ndị agha agha Byzantine gara aga iji chekwaa ọnọdụ ndị Byzantine na Epirus megide mwakpo ndị iro n'ọdịnihu site na etiti na ọdịda anyanwụ Macedonia. N'afọ 1040, e jikọtara isiokwu nke Koloneia na Duchy nke Dyrrachion. Mgbe Sack nke Constantinople na 1204 na nke na-eso nkewa nke Byzantine Alaeze Ukwu Koloneia e nyere ndị Republic of Venice. Agbanyeghị, Koloneia bịara n'okpuru ikike nke Despotate nke Epirus ma bụrụ otu n'ime isiokwu nke Despotate. Mgbe Agha nke Pelagonia na 1259 Koloneia hapụrụ Alaeze Ukwu Nicaea.