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  • 1PENESTAE — populi, Thessaliae. Steph. Sic Athenis Θῆται dicti sunt, ἀπὸ τῆς πενίας, a pauper tate quod servorum aut servis conveniens nomen. Apud Thessalos, Πενέςτας appellatos esse, non qui genere, sed fortunâ, servi essent, quorumque media inter servas et …

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  • 2Penestae — The penestae (in Greek oι Πενέσται, hoi penestai ) were a class of unfree labourers tied to the land once inhabiting Thessaly, whose status was comparable to that of the Spartan helots.tatusTradition made the penestae descendants of the Achaeans… …

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  • 3List of Illyrian tribes — Illyrian tribes or possibly or partly Illyrian tribes or tribes inhabiting lands known as Illyria. Tribes Illyrian Abri Abri were an Illyrian tribe. [Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992,ISBN 0631198075.,page 98: ... who may have belonged to the… …

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  • 4List of ancient tribes in Illyria — This is a list of ancient tribes in the ancient territory of Illyria (Ancient Greek: Ἰλλυρία). The name Illyrians seems to be the name of one Illyrian tribe, which was the first to come in contact with the ancient Greeks, causing the name… …

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  • 5Helots — The helots (in Classical Greek polytonic|Εἵλωτες / Heílôtes ) were an unfree population group that formed the main population of Laconia and the whole of Messenia. Their exact status was already disputed in Antiquity: according to Critias, they… …

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  • 6Slavery in antiquity — Part of a series on Slavery Contemporary slavery …

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  • 7Slavery in ancient Greece — Funerary stele of Mnesarete; a young servant (left) is facing her dead mistress.[1] Attica, circa 380 BC. (Glyptothek, Munich, Germany) Slavery was common practice …

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  • 8Uscana — was an ancient city of the Illyrian Penestae (Illyrian tribe) tribe [Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992,ISBN 0631198075,page 172, ... his ally. In midwinter 170/169 BC Perseus launched a successful raid on the Illyrian Penestae and captured their… …

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  • 9List of ancient cities in Illyria — Distribution of cities in antiquity in the border of southern Illyria with Greeks and Thracians This is a list of ancient cities in Illyria, towns, villages, and fortresses by Illyrians, Veneti, Liburni, Romans, Celts, Thracians, Dacians or… …

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  • 10Peshkopi — The center of Peshkopi as seen from the road into the neighborhood of Dobrovë …

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