of Molossians and other Epirotes were enslaved and transported to the Roman Republic, in the Italian Peninsula. According to Strabo, the Molossians, along
son of a Molossian princess, these dogs became associated with his mother's people and that all mastiffs descend from these dogs. The Molossians most likely
emerged in Epirus. These were the Chaonians of northwestern Epirus, the Molossians in the center, and the Thesprotians in the south. The region inhabited
Greek: Ὀλυμπιάς; c. 375–316 BC) was an ancient Greek princess of the Molossians, the eldest daughter of King Neoptolemus I of Epirus, and the sister of
ancient Greek tribe, akin to the Molossians, inhabiting the kingdom of Thesprotis in Epirus. Together with the Molossians and the Chaonians, they formed
Greek king and statesman of the Hellenistic period. He was king of the Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house, and later he became king (Malalas also called
(Ancient Greek: Ἀρύββας or Ἀρύβας; ruled 370–343/2 BC) was a king of the Molossians. Arybbas was a son of Alcetas I, brother of Neoptolemus I and grandfather
320 BC (firstly as the Molossian League in 370 BC), which helped unify the three main Greek tribes of Epirus (i.e., Molossians, Thesprotians, and Chaonians)
among Molossians. Thucydides mentions that Tharrhypas was a minor in 429 BC and that his guardian was Sabylinthus. During his time, the Molossian tribe
purity and the mountains; the green bar symbolizes both prosperity and the Molossian landscape. It is the flag of Sierra Leone flipped upside-down. Plastic