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Map of Chaonia, Molossis & Thesprotia

Chaonia or Chaon (Albanian: Kaonia, meaning the "land of bulls") was the name of the northwestern part of Epirus, the homeland of the Illyrian Epirote tribe of the Chaonians. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (698x667, 85 KB) Summary Map of Chaonia, Molossis, Thesprotia http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (698x667, 85 KB) Summary Map of Chaonia, Molossis, Thesprotia http://www. ... For the micronation of Molossia, see Republic of Molossia Map of Chaonia, Molossis & Thesprotia The Molossians (Molossoi) were an ancient Greek[1] tribe that settled Epirus during Mycenaean times. ... Thesprotia (Greek: Θεσπρωτία) is one of the prefectures of Greece. ... Epirus (Greek Ήπειρος, Ípeiros; see also List of traditional Greek place names), is a province or periphery in northwestern Greece, bounded by West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, by the province of Sterea Ellada (Central Greece) to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and... The Chaonians (Χάονες, Χαόνων, in Greek), were an ancient tribe of Chaonia, which covered the northwestern portion of Epirus. ...

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Geography

Strabo in Geography,[1] places Chaonia as part of Epirus, now part of south-western Albania and north-western Greece, and reached from the city of Onchesmos (now called Saranda) in the north, to the River Thyamis in the south, and as far as the Ambracian Gulf, including to the south the ancient city of Cestrine (now called Filiates), and represented the southernmost border to the wider region of Illyria. The Roman historian, Appian, mentions Chaonia as the southern border in his description and geography of Illyria.[2] The Greek geographer Strabo in a 16th century engraving. ... Epirus, spanning Greece and Albania. ... Categories: Albania geography stubs | Cities in Albania ... The River Thyamis is a river in the Epirus region of Greece. ... The Ambracian Gulf, as seen from the Space Shuttle in November 1994. ... Cestrine, Kestrine, (modern Filiates- Philiates) a district of Epirus, separated from Thesprotia by the River Thyamis. ... Thesprotia (Greek: Θεσπρωτία) is one of the prefectures of Greece. ... Location of Illyria Illyria (Albanian Iliria Land of the Free; Ancient Greek ; Latin Illyria [1] (see also Illyricum) was in Classical antiquity a region in the western part of todays Balkan Peninsula, founded by the tribes and clans of Illyrians, an ancient people who spoke the Illyrian languages. ... Appian (c. ...


Important cities in Chaonia included Chimaera (modern HimarĂ«), Buthrotum, Thesprotia, Phoenice, Panormos, Onchesmus (today Saranda) and Antigonia. The region was likely named after the Chaonians who settled there. Families See text for families, genera and species. ... Himarë (also Albanian: , Greek: ) is a town and a region in southern Albania, opposite the north end of the Greek island of Corfu. ... Buthrotum (Albanian: Butrint or Butrinti) is an ancient city and an archeological site in Albania, close to the Greek border. ... Thesprotia (Greek: Θεσπρωτία) is one of the prefectures of Greece. ... Phoenice in Greek antiquity was the location of the Peace Treaty which followed the first Macedonian war. ... Panormos (Πάνορμος) is a community on the island of Tinos, in the Cyclades, Greece. ... Categories: Albania geography stubs | Cities in Albania ... Antigonea (Greek: Αντιγόνεια) also transliterated as Antigonia and Antigoneia was the chief inland city of ancient Chaonia. ... The Chaonians (Χάονες, Χαόνων, in Greek), were an ancient tribe of Chaonia, which covered the northwestern portion of Epirus. ...


See also

The Chaonians (Χάονες, Χαόνων, in Greek), were an ancient tribe of Chaonia, which covered the northwestern portion of Epirus. ... Map of Chaonia, Molossis & Thesprotia The Thesprotians (Gk. ... For the micronation of Molossia, see Republic of Molossia Map of Chaonia, Molossis & Thesprotia The Molossians (Molossoi) were an ancient Greek[1] tribe that settled Epirus during Mycenaean times. ...

References

  1. ^ Strabo, The Geography, Book VII, Chapter 7.5 at LacusCurtius [1]
  2. ^ Appian, The Foreign Wars, III.1 (ed. Horace White)

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Chaonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (375 words)
Chaonia, Chaon, was the name of an ancient tribe located in modern-day Albania and Greece.
It bordered on the Ionian sea, and was influenced by Corfu in antiquity.
Virgil, in the Aeneid, (3, 295) called the area Chaonia after Chaon a brother of the Helenus and son of Priam.
Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Chaon’ian Food. (84 words)
So called from the oak trees of Chaonia or Dodona.
Some think beech-mast is meant, and tell us that the bells of the oracle were hung on beech-trees, not on oaks.
Our text says Chaonia (in Ep rus), others place it in Thessaly.
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