Perrhaebia

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Perrhaebia was an ancient region in northern Thessaly, Greece, traditionally inhabited by the Perrhaebian tribe and known from classical historical and geographical sources.

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Perrhaebia canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region
historical region
approximateModernLocation regional unit of Larissa
vicinity of modern Elassona
borderedBy Macedonia
linked to: Macedonia (Greece)

Olympus region
Pieria
country Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
culture Thessalian Greek culture
ethnicGroup Perrhaebians
ethnonym Perrhaebian
linked to: Perrhaebians
geographicalFeature Peneus River valley
foothills of Mount Olympus
hasCity Azorus
Cyretiae
Dium (Perrhaebian)
Doliche
Elone
Ericinium
Gonnus
Heraclea Perrhaebia
Malloea
Oloosson
Phalanna
Pythion
hasType ethnographic region
knownFrom classical geographical sources
classical historical sources
language Ancient Greek
locatedIn Greece
Thessaly
northern Thessaly
linked to: Thessaly
mentionedBy Livy
Polybius
Ptolemy
linked to: Claudius Ptolemaeus

Strabo
modernCountry Greece
namedAfter Perrhaebians
partOf Thessalian League
politicalStatus member of the Thessalian League at times
subject territory of Macedon at times
regionOf northern Thessaly
religion ancient Greek religion
timePeriod Classical antiquity
Hellenistic period
Roman period
traditionalInhabitants Perrhaebians

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Perrhaebians locatedIn Perrhaebia
Perrhaebians region Perrhaebia
Perrhaebians hasTerritory Perrhaebia