Pelasgiotis
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Pelasgiotis was an ancient district of Thessaly in Greece, known for its fertile plains and strategic location in the northeastern part of the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pelasgiotis canonical | 3 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient district
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Histiaeotis
ⓘ
Magnesia ⓘ Fthiotis ⓘ
surface form:
Phthiotis
Thessaly ⓘ
surface form:
Thessaliotis
|
| category |
Thessaly
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Thessaly
Historical regions of Greece ⓘ |
| containsCity |
Atrax
ⓘ
Crannon ⓘ Demetrias ⓘ Gyrton ⓘ Larissa ⓘ Phalanna ⓘ Pherae ⓘ Scotussa ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
horse breeding ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupsInAntiquity |
Pelasgians
ⓘ
Thessalians ⓘ |
| hasAgriculture |
grain cultivation
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ |
| hasGeography | broad alluvial plain ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Pelasgians ⓘ |
| hasNotableCityRole | Larissa as major Thessalian center ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fertile plains
ⓘ
strategic location ⓘ |
| languageInAntiquity | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Greece
Thessaly ⓘ
surface form:
northeastern Thessaly
|
| mentionedBy |
Livy
ⓘ
Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemy
Strabo ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Greece ⓘ |
| modernEquivalentRegion | part of regional unit Larissa ⓘ |
| partOf | Thessaly ⓘ |
| politicalStructure | federal Thessalian League influence ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
access to Aegean Sea via Pagasaean Gulf
ⓘ
control of routes between Thessaly and Macedonia ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Classical antiquity
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Pineios River
ⓘ
surface form:
Peneus River
|
| wasAdministrativeDivisionOf |
Thessalian League
ⓘ
surface form:
Thessalian tetrarchy
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.