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203:) were the most famous among the fourteen tribes of Epirus, as they once ruled over the whole region. The Chaonians ruled Epirus first while the Thesprotians and Molossians ruled afterwards. Strabo also records that the Thesprotians, Molossians, and
74:, they formed the main tribes of the northwestern Greek group. On their northeastern frontier, they neighbored the Chaonians and on their northern frontier they neighbored the kingdom of the Molossians. The poet
272:(Πελιγᾶνες). An inscription from Goumani, dated to the second half of the 4th century BC, indicates that the organisation of the Thesprotian state was similar to that of the other
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355:(Callidice, Kallidice), and had a son with her named
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296:(Greek: συνάρχοντες) literally meaning "co-rulers".
123:(modern-day Kalamas) in the north, and between the
288:(Greek: δημιουργοί) literally meaning "creators",
1067:Habicht, Christian; Stevenson, Peregrine (2006).
1199:. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing.
1052:. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
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139:leader and first governor Thesprotos, who built
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409:The Thesprotian League, middle 4th century BC.
1216:Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert (1889).
1130:Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1986).
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1025:Brock, Roger; Hodkinson, Stephen (2000).
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284:(Greek: γραμματέυς) meaning "secretary",
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78:frequently mentions Thesprotia in the
1277:Thesprotia: A Pleiades Place Resource
1219:An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon
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84:, which had friendly relations with
1157:. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
1031:. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
440:within the Roman Empire from 27 BC.
135:, the nation got its name from the
1178:. New York and London: Routledge.
1046:Errington, Robert Malcolm (1990).
584:, 190/189 BC, nephew of Demetrios.
412:Allied with Macedonia, 343–300 BC.
243:", so-called because of its dusky
111:puts the Thesprotians' territory,
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1227:Miller, Stephen Gaylord (2004).
363:was on the side of the Brygoi.
1133:A History of Greece to 322 B.C
1011:Acarnania - IG IX,1² 2:312, a.
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62:, inhabiting the kingdom of
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865:IG IV²,1 95 col I.1 Line 25
514:Alkimos (son of Nikandros)
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1193:Horsley, G. H. R. (1987).
1172:Hornblower, Simon (2002).
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577:city commander of Kourion.
436:Assigned as a district of
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183:. There was a city called
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736:Hansen & Nielsen 2004
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551:in Dodona, c. 215–210 BC.
402:Occupation of Kassopaea,
399:and Molossis, 415–404 BC.
1292:Ancient tribes in Epirus
962:Cabanes, L'Épire 548,18.
953:Cabanes, L'Épire 547,17.
917:Thess. Mnemeia, 320,103.
890:Cabanes, L'Épire 576,49.
748:Liddell & Scott 1889
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276:. Terms for office were
263:(Πελιγόνες), similar to
908:Thess. Mnemeia, 288,74.
899:Thess. Mnemeia, 286,72.
636:Encyclopædia Britannica
207:referred to old men as
1248:Wilkes, John (1995) .
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392:in the 5th century BC.
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445:List of Thesprotians
317:, parts of southern
119:in the south to the
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