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Thessaly

Thessaly is a region of central Greece, a broad fertile plain ringed by mountains, including Olympus and Pelion. In antiquity it was famed for its horses and cavalry, and its cities, among them Larissa and Pherae, formed the Thessalian League. It later passed through Byzantine, Serbian and Ottoman rule and joined the Greek kingdom in 1881.

Thessaly
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Boeotian LeagueImpactAntigonid Kingdom of MacedoniaMilitaryFirst Bulgarian EmpireDeclineKingdom of GreeceImpactAncient GreekOrigins

Mentioned in 14 state histories

Mycenaean Kingdom of IolkosLarissaPharsalusThessalian LeagueTyranny of PheraeKingdom of AthamaniaBelegezitesKingdom of ThessalonicaPrincipality of ThessalyDuchy of NeopatrasSerbian EmpireDespotate of Artaand 2 more

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Thessaly. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/thessaly
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“Thessaly.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/thessaly. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Thessaly.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/thessaly.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Thessaly’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/thessaly (Accessed: ).

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