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32: 167:, surrendered themselves to the victors on condition that they should not be carried out of the country, nor be put to death, but should cultivate the land for the new owners of the soil, paying by way of rent a portion of the produce of it, and many of them are richer than their masters. 175:; the penestae thus had goodly amounts of rich land to cultivate. The contributions given to the Thessalians and Archemachus' remark about their wealth imply that the penestae could freely dispose of the portions in excess of their 200:, it appears that the penestae sometimes accompanied their masters to battle, and fought on horseback as their knights or vassals. The penestae of Thessaly also resembled the 289: 384: 369: 53: 374: 364: 327: 313: 268: 75: 345: 284: 46: 40: 186: 223: 57: 189:
mentions (II, 9) that disobedient penestae were beaten and that generally speaking, they were treated like
379: 144: 172: 341: 323: 309: 264: 211: 132: 20: 190: 113: 116:. These labourers were tied to the land they inhabited, comparable in status with the 358: 294: 105: 97: 136: 335: 197: 140: 164: 148: 308:, Belles Lettres, series "Centre de recherces d'histoire ancienne", 1994 193:. They appear to have been much less numerous than the free Thessalians. 160: 109: 207:
in another respect for they often rose up in arms against their lords.
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payments and that they could possess goods. Certain penestae, known as
152: 298: 201: 151:, VI, 264), a 3rd-century BC writer, believed instead that they were 117: 204: 171:
The Thessalian lands were very productive and spacious with a low
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The Aeolian Boeotians who did not emigrate when their country
25: 183:, worked as house servants, receiving a salary in exchange. 322:, La Découverte, series "Textes à l'appui", 1989 131:Tradition made the penestae descendants of the 210:There was also an Illyrian tribe was called " 8: 290:Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities 76:Learn how and when to remove this message 337:Religion and Society in Ancient Thessaly 39:This article includes a list of general 240: 7: 247: 45:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 30: 385:Government of ancient Thessaly 320:Les Esclaves en Grèce ancienne 1: 370:Ancient tribes in Macedonia 340:. Oxford University Press. 401: 375:Ancient tribes in Thessaly 187:Dionysius of Halicarnassus 18: 365:Slavery in ancient Greece 306:Les Pénestes de Thessalie 224:Slavery in ancient Greece 330:, pp. 106–107 19:Not to be confused with 60:more precise citations. 169: 163:was conquered by the 157: 334:Mili, Maria (2015). 16:Thessalian labourers 263:, 1992, page 172, 196:From a passage in 173:population density 104:) were a class of 86: 85: 78: 392: 351: 272: 257: 251: 245: 106:unfree labourers 81: 74: 70: 67: 61: 56:this article by 47:inline citations 34: 33: 26: 21:Penestae (tribe) 400: 399: 395: 394: 393: 391: 390: 389: 355: 354: 348: 333: 281: 276: 275: 258: 254: 246: 242: 237: 232: 220: 137:invading tribes 129: 100:: oἱ πενέσται, 82: 71: 65: 62: 52:Please help to 51: 35: 31: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 398: 396: 388: 387: 382: 377: 372: 367: 357: 356: 353: 352: 346: 331: 316: 302: 285:Smith, William 280: 277: 274: 273: 259:Wilkes, J. J. 252: 239: 238: 236: 233: 231: 228: 227: 226: 219: 216: 191:chattel slaves 139:arriving from 128: 125: 114:Ancient Greece 84: 83: 66:September 2013 38: 36: 29: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 397: 386: 383: 381: 378: 376: 373: 371: 368: 366: 363: 362: 360: 349: 343: 339: 338: 332: 329: 328:2-7071-2475-3 325: 321: 318:Yvon Garlan, 317: 315: 314:2-251-60512-6 311: 307: 303: 300: 296: 292: 291: 286: 283: 282: 278: 270: 269:0-631-19807-5 266: 262: 261:The Illyrians 256: 253: 250:, p. 115 249: 244: 241: 234: 229: 225: 222: 221: 217: 215: 213: 208: 206: 203: 199: 194: 192: 188: 184: 182: 178: 174: 168: 166: 162: 156: 154: 150: 146: 142: 138: 135:subjected by 134: 126: 124: 122: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 80: 77: 69: 59: 55: 49: 48: 42: 37: 28: 27: 22: 380:Greek tribes 336: 319: 305: 304:Jean Ducat, 288: 279:Bibliography 260: 255: 243: 209: 195: 185: 180: 176: 170: 158: 130: 102:hoi penéstai 101: 93: 89: 87: 72: 63: 44: 198:Demosthenes 165:Thessalians 145:Archemachus 58:introducing 359:Categories 347:0198718012 295:"Penestae" 287:(editor); 230:References 147:(cited by 141:Thesprotia 41:references 248:Mili 2015 235:Citations 153:Boeotians 149:Athenaeus 301:, (1870) 218:See also 212:Penestae 161:Thessaly 133:Achaeans 110:Thessaly 94:penestae 90:penestai 202:Spartan 181:latreis 118:Spartan 54:improve 344:  326:  312:  299:Boston 267:  205:helots 127:Status 121:helots 43:, but 98:Greek 342:ISBN 324:ISBN 310:ISBN 265:ISBN 177:rent 88:The 214:". 108:in 92:or 361:: 297:, 293:, 155:: 143:. 123:. 112:, 350:. 271:. 96:( 79:) 73:( 68:) 64:( 50:. 23:.

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Penestae (tribe)
references
inline citations
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Greek
unfree labourers
Thessaly
Ancient Greece
Spartan
helots
Achaeans
invading tribes
Thesprotia
Archemachus
Athenaeus
Boeotians
Thessaly
Thessalians
population density
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
chattel slaves
Demosthenes
Spartan
helots
Penestae
Slavery in ancient Greece
Mili 2015
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