Thessalians

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ancient Greek people

The Thessalians were an ancient Greek people from the fertile region of Thessaly, known for their powerful cavalry, aristocratic clans, and significant role in Hellenic politics and warfare.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Thessalians canonical 11
Aleuadae (Thessalian aristocracy) 1
Thessalian aristocracy 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek people ⓘ
alliedWith Macedon ⓘ
contributedTo Greek cavalry tactics ⓘ
culture Greek ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Thessaly ⓘ
foughtAlongside Athens ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
governedBy aristocratic families ⓘ
hadSubgroups Bacchiad clan ⓘ
surface form: Aleuadae clan

Scopadae clan ⓘ
influenced Delphi ⓘ
inhabited Thessalian plain ⓘ
integratedInto Roman Empire ⓘ
knownFor aristocratic clans ⓘ
horse breeding ⓘ
powerful cavalry ⓘ
role in Hellenic politics ⓘ
role in ancient Greek warfare ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Thessaly ⓘ
Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: ancient Greece
militaryStrength cavalry ⓘ
modernRegionCorrespondence Thessaly in modern Greece ⓘ
mythologicalAncestor Thessalus ⓘ
neighboringRegion Boeotia ⓘ
Epirus ⓘ
Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ
surface form: Macedonia
participatedIn Amphictyonic League ⓘ
surface form: Delphic Amphictyony

Olympic Games ⓘ
Peloponnesian War ⓘ
partOf Hellenic world ⓘ
politicalCenter Larissa ⓘ
Pherae ⓘ
politicalInfluence Amphictyonic League ⓘ
surface form: Delphi Amphictyonic Council
politicalOrganization federal structures ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
regionCharacterizedBy fertile plains ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
ruledBy Alexander of Pherae ⓘ
Jason of Pherae ⓘ
socialClass penestai (dependent laborers) ⓘ
socialStructure aristocratic ⓘ
supplied cavalry contingents to other Greek states ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
usedDialect Aeolic Greek ⓘ
surface form: Thessalian Greek

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malians → neighboringPeoples → Thessalians ⓘ
Larisa (ancient city) → inhabitedBy → Thessalians ⓘ
Larisa (ancient city) → governedBy → Thessalians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thessalian aristocracy
Pherae → associatedWithDynasty → Thessalians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aleuadae (Thessalian aristocracy)
Perrhaebians → partOf → Thessalians ⓘ
Aenianes → neighboringPeoples → Thessalians ⓘ
Battle of Neon → hasParticipant → Thessalians ⓘ
Pelasgiotis → ethnicGroupsInAntiquity → Thessalians ⓘ
Pagasae → usedBy → Thessalians ⓘ
Scotussa → associatedWithPeople → Thessalians ⓘ
Thessalian League → hasEthnicGroup → Thessalians ⓘ
Jason of Pherae → ethnicGroup → Thessalians ⓘ
Ainianes → neighbouringPeople → Thessalians ⓘ