It's all about training the male mouth.

Most historians of the Balkans believe the Albanian people are in large part descendants of the ancient Illyrians, who, like other Balkan peoples, were subdivided into tribes and clans.

The name Albania is derived from the name of an Illyrian tribe called the Arber, or Arbereshë, and later Albanoi, that lived near Durrës. The Illyrians were Indo-European tribesmen who appeared in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula about 1000 B.C., a period coinciding with the end of the Bronze Age and beginning of the Iron Age. They inhabited much of the area for at least the next millennium. Archaeologists associate the Illyrians with the Hallstatt culture, an Iron Age people noted for production of iron and bronze swords with winged-shaped handles and for domestication of horses. The Illyrians occupied lands extending from the Danube, Sava, and Morava rivers to the Adriatic Sea and the Sar Mountains. At various times, groups of Illyrians migrated over land and sea into Italy.

The Illyrians carried on commerce and warfare with their neighbors. The ancient Macedonians probably had some Illyrian roots, but their ruling class adopted Greek cultural characteristics. The Illyrians also mingled with the Thracians, another ancient people with adjoining lands on the east. In the south and along the Adriatic Sea coast, the Illyrians were heavily influenced by the Greeks, who founded trading colonies there. The present-day city of Durrës evolved from a Greek colony known as Epidamnos, which was founded at the end of the seventh century B.C. Another famous Greek colony, Apollonia, arose between Durrës and the port city of Vlorë.

The Illyrians produced and traded cattle, horses, agricultural goods, and wares fashioned from locally mined copper and iron. Feuds and warfare were constant facts of life for the Illyrian tribes, and Illyrian pirates plagued shipping on the Adriatic Sea. Councils of elders chose the chieftains who headed each of the numerous Illyrian tribes. From time to time, local chieftains extended their rule over other tribes and formed short-lived kingdoms. During the fifth century B.C., a well-developed Illyrian population center existed as far north as the upper Sava River valley in what is now Slovenia. Illyrian friezes discovered near the present-day Slovenian city of Ljubljana depict ritual sacrifices, feasts, battles, sporting events, and other activities.

The Illyrian kingdom of Bardhyllus became a formidable local power in the fourth century B.C. In 358 B.C., however, Macedonia's Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, defeated the Illyrians and assumed control of their territory as far as Lake Ohrid (see fig. 5). Alexander himself routed the forces of the Illyrian chieftain Clitus in 335 B.C., and Illyrian tribal leaders and soldiers accompanied Alexander on his conquest of Persia. After Alexander's death in 323 B.C., independent Illyrian kingdoms again arose. In 312 B.C., King Glaucius expelled the Greeks from Durrës. By the end of the third century, an Illyrian kingdom based near what is now the Albanian city of Shkodër controlled parts of northern Albania, Montenegro, and Hercegovina. Under Queen Teuta, Illyrians attacked Roman merchant vessels plying the Adriatic Sea and gave Rome an excuse to invade the Balkans.

In the Illyrian Wars of 229 and 219 B.C., Rome overran the Illyrian settlements in the Neretva River valley. The Romans made new gains in 168 B.C., and Roman forces captured Illyria's King Gentius at Shkodër, which they called Scodra, and brought him to Rome in 165 B.C. A century later, Julius Caesar and his rival Pompey fought their decisive battle near Durrës (Dyrrachium). Rome finally subjugated recalcitrant Illyrian tribes in the western Balkans [during the reign] of Emperor Tiberius in A.D. 9. The Romans divided the lands that make up present-day Albania among the provinces of Macedonia, Dalmatia, and Epirus.

For about four centuries, Roman rule brought the Illyrian-populated lands economic and cultural advancement and ended most of the enervating clashes among local tribes. The Illyrian mountain clansmen retained local authority but pledged allegiance to the emperor and acknowledged the authority of his envoys. During a yearly holiday honoring the Caesars, the Illyrian mountaineers swore loyalty to the emperor and reaffirmed their political rights. A form of this tradition, known as the kuvend, has survived to the present day in northern Albania.

The Romans established numerous military camps and colonies and completely latinized the coastal cities. They also oversaw the construction of aqueducts and roads, including the Via Egnatia, a famous military highway and trade route that led from Durrës through the Shkumbin River valley to Macedonia and Byzantium (later Constantinople)

. Copper, asphalt, and silver were extracted from the mountains. The main exports were wine, cheese, oil, and fish from Lake Scutari and Lake Ohrid. Imports included tools, metalware, luxury goods, and other manufactured articles. Apollonia became a cultural center, and Julius Caesar himself sent his nephew, later the Emperor Augustus, to study there.

Illyrians distinguished themselves as warriors in the Roman legions and made up a significant portion of the Praetorian Guard. Several of the Roman emperors were of Illyrian origin, including Diocletian (284-305), who saved the empire from disintegration by introducing institutional reforms, and Constantine the Great (324-37)--who accepted Christianity and transferred the empire's capital from Rome to Byzantium, which he called Constantinople. Emperor Justinian (527-65)--who codified Roman law, built the most famous Byzantine church, the Hagia Sofia, and reextended the empire's control over lost territories- -was probably also an Illyrian.

Christianity came to the Illyrian-populated lands in the first century A.D. Saint Paul wrote that he preached in the Roman province of Illyricum, and legend holds that he visited Durrës. When the Roman Empire was divided into eastern and western halves in A.D. 395, the lands that now make up Albania were administered by the Eastern Empire but were ecclesiastically dependent on Rome. In A.D. 732, however, a Byzantine emperor, Leo the Isaurian, subordinated the area to the patriarchate of Constantinople. For centuries thereafter, the Albanian lands became an arena for the ecclesiastical struggle between Rome and Constantinople. Most Albanians living in the mountainous north became Roman Catholic, while in the southern and central regions, the majority became Orthodox.

I updated all my profile pictures, to show, not who I am, but what my feelings are all about.

Let me know if I've correctly conveyed my desire to serve you, in the pictures that I've chosen, for my profile.

Thanks!

Don't try to please me. Please yourself. Ultimately that's what makes us both happier.

When I serve You, I actually serve You, rather than serving my own fantasies.  

I had an erotic dream that I was trained as a pet for a caring Mistress, and then lent out to her friend to prove my worth in training. The whole lending out idea was erotic, and I had the goal of proving that my Mistress was a great trainer, so I didn't want to displease her.

Now, how to make that dream come true?

I long to visit you, massage you to completion, and then lie at the foot of your bed, awaiting your next command .......

I'm having erotic thoughts about service through face sitting ...

Monty Python Lyrics:

Her hands were firmly pressing him tightly against her warm folds and said simply "Suck and lick me!" ... he was a sweetheart, she knew, So giving. So selfless. So obedient. She knew she could use him for as long as she liked.

She is Mistress, and I am servant. She is Owner, and I am owned. She commands, and I obey. She is to be pleased, and I am to please. Why is this? Because She is Mistress, and I am servant.

Lonely for the holidays ...

I had my hope up, for yesterday's meeting. Alas. She didn't show up. I'm sad.

You DO know that there is a direct correlation with hand dimensions and penis size, right?

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Yes, those are my hands! :)

I wish to be owned and as vulnerable as when I was a small boy.

My role is to do *anything*, whatever it takes, to make you happy, to please you, and to make you smile.

Someone asked about having their first threesome, to which I responded:

I have a very good lady friend, who wanted to be with a lady a few years ago, and be safe at the same time. She was too shy to post to Craigslist, so I created the ad, and posted a picture of her (face blacked out of course, and with her permission), and we got so many offers that we didn't know what to do with them.

Some people couldn't read (like the guys who wanted in on the threesome), but, we DID have a few interactions with lovely women who turned out nicely. A few flaked on us, but, the one that we're still great friends with actually was one of the initial flakes, and, it turns out, she's on and other sites, so, we ended up hooking up with her on through the vanilla Craigslist, which is an ironic twist.

What seemed to work well though was to VOICE VERIFY from the start.

I recommend you make sure the ad says you'll voice verify with the ladies talking to each other. In my case, my lady friend was shy, so, we used a speakerphone, so that I could break up the pregnant pauses, but, the key thing is that the LADIES must feel comfortable together. At least that was MY experience. Once that happened, all I had to do was pay for the nicest hotel I could find (since neither wanted to compromise the home for a Craigslist initial encounter).

In fact, we even tried something similar with a few couples, but, I we found that the couples always wanted HER and not me (which was OK with me, but, that wasn't what she was after). BTW, she was fifteen years younger than I, and, well, my best asset is my brain, but, not my body - so - I too would have gone for her over me any day.

So, be careful for what you wish for. :)
Good luck!

Someone asked whether they should be scared to go to their first "play party", to which I responded:

Were you planning on going alone?
If you were, you might consider enlisting a friend to accompany you.

I used to go to Plato's Retreat, way back in the 70's, for example, which was this cornucopia of love near midtown NY, and to Le Trapeze, which was a D/s club, and, I found that when I was with someone, I was more successful at striking up conversations than when I was alone.

Likewise, until a few years ago, there was a place called "The Forum" in San Jose, which was a swing club that let single males in on Friday nights (someone has to pay the bills), where, again, I found that it was tremendously easier to join conversations when I was with someone else.

As for a "play party", I'm not sure if I'm sufficiently kink-aware to know what you mean.

I was a member of Edges, for example, in San Jose for a few years (until they closed down due to zoning violations), and, if THAT is what you are calling a play party (I'd call it a dungeon party or something of that ilk), pretty much you can sit by the sidelines and do nothing, or, you can participate, or, you can do both with ease. Nobody is pushy, and there are DMs there anyway, to enforce the rules that they taught you when you became a member in the first place (I liked the one where they told you what to do in case the Police showed up when you were spanking someone - since marked spanking in California is illegal even with consent).

If the play party is at a larger less neighborly venue, such as the Citadel, or worse, the Power Exchange in San Francisco, well then, you do have a bit to worry about simply because the sheer number of people (hundreds) means the percentages for issues can rise.

So, I hope, for your sake, it's a small get together, such as those legendary ones at Edges or even The House, in Fremont, where the entire D/s play party happens by invite only at someone's private residence, with no more than about 20 or 30 people attending.

As for ending up being the laughing stock, that won't happen, even if you do literally fall flat on your face. This community is well tuned to noobs, and treats them well.

Good luck! Please do let us know how well it turns out for you.

There were some objections to my profile picture, so, I replaced it, for now, with this visual pin. Let me know what your first thoughts are, good or bad, when you see it for the first time.

I find the word FinDomme repulsive. Yet, Caring Domme is the most exciting phrase in the dictionary!

I wish to be just one of your many pets and to know my place in the pack.

Awoke today dreaming of serving pussy and licking to satisfaction.......

Let's be realistic. If you reside 2000 miles away, we're not realistically going to be striking up a relationship, are we? It *could* happen, but, it's not going to in all likelihood. If you're local, please feel free to contact, as I'm a follower, not a leader.

Sometimes I give too much, but, that's just me. I'm a giver, even if it is information only in this profile (I'd make a terrible spy because they're only takers!).

I'm not looking for a relationship but not a girlfriend or marriage per se, as I've been there and done that and it doesn't always work out well. I'm just looking for a friend who wants what I can give.

All those who peruse my profile will have the honor returned.

What kind of profile picture would you like to see of me?