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    Molossians (category Ancient tribes in Epirus)
    around 370 BC and were part of the League of Epirus. The most famous Molossian ruler was Pyrrhus of Epirus, considered one of the greatest generals of...
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    Areus I (category Pyrrhus of Epirus)
    defected to Pyrrhus of Epirus, who launched an invasion of the Peloponnese in 272 BC. Areus nevertheless repelled the attack and pursued Pyrrhus until his...
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    Preveza (category Municipalities of Epirus (region))
    (today, near the village of Kamarina). At the southernmost part of Epirus, king Pyrrhus founded, in 290 BC, the town of Berenike or Berenice, named after...
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    it has been suggested that the thureos was brought to Greece after Pyrrhus of Epirus' campaigns in Italy, as his Oscan allies and Roman enemies used the...
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    Pyrrhic Wars (280–275 BC), the Messapii sided with Tarentum and Pyrrhus the king of Epirus, in Greece, who landed at Tarentum, ostensibly to help this city...
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    Macedonian throne by giving Pyrrhus five thousand soldiers and twenty war elephants for this endeavor. Pyrrhus returned to Epirus in 275 BC after the ultimate...
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    Souliotes to Epirus and as a result to have Ottoman units removed from southern Greece and especially from the Peloponnese. However, in Epirus the revolutionary...
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    Encyclopædia Britannica ("Pyrrhus") 2013. "Pyrrhus". Encarta. Microsoft Corporation. 2008. Polybius, The Histories, 3.25 Plutarch, Life of Pyrrhus, 22:1–22:3 Walter...
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    Souli (category Municipalities of Epirus (region))
    Souli (Greek: Σούλι) is a municipality in Epirus, northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town of Paramythia. The origin of the name Souli...
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  • six-year-old boy. Place: Epirus, in front of the palace of Pyrrhus Time: After the Trojan War Act 1. In front of Pyrrhus’s palace, the chorus of captured...
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