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Aleuas the Red

6th century BCE · 6th century BCE · Also known as Aleuas Pyrrhos

Aleuas the Red was a semi-legendary ruler of Larissa in the 6th century BCE, ancestor of the Aleuadae, the leading aristocratic family of Thessaly. He was credited with dividing Thessaly into four districts, the tetrads, and with fixing the cavalry and hoplites each district owed, the basis of the Thessalian League's military organisation.

Mentioned in 2 state histories

LarissaThessalian League

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Aleuas the Red. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/aleuas-the-red
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