The Perrhaebi () were an

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people who lived on the western slopes of

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, on the border between

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and Macedonia. They took part in the

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under

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and also fought in the

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History

Still independent at the time of the ''

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'', they were tributary ''períoikoi'' to the neighbouring Thessali in the 5th century BC, with a special dependence upon the city of Larisa. They could, however, enjoy some degree of autonomy whenever the Thessalian League was weaker, and they had retained from their independence two votes in the Delphic

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(''Amphiktyonía''), until

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took one vote from them. They were part of the

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until the

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conquest by

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in 196 BC. They were listed in Xerxes' vast army by Herodotus. A coin of the Perrhaebi depicted a man restraining a bull on one side and a horse on the other. The inscription was "Περραιβών".Handbook of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins: An Official Whitman Guidebook by Zander H. Klawans and K. E. Bressett, 1995, , page 104, "... Horse r1EPPAIBQN A tribe which occupied a section 480-400 B.C. Perrhaebi of Thessaly in Greece ..."

Geography

Most of their country was mountainous and sparsely inhabited. Their principal towns were Phalanna, situated in fertile plains, and Oloosson, the tribal capital.

References

{{reflist *Westlake, Henry Dickinson and Hornblower, Simon. "Perrhaebi" in ''The Oxford Classical Dictionary.'' London: OUP, 2003. p. 1142. Perrhaebia Ancient tribes in Thessaly Ancient Thessalians Greek tribes

History

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