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has gloss | eng: Pelion, also Pellion or Pelium , was a fortified settlement in ancient Greece of the Chaonian Dexaroi, now located in Goricë e Madhë , Albania, on the ancient border between Epirus and Illyria. Pelium later served as a Macedonian border fortress. Sometime in 335 BC, just before the battle of Pelium, it was occupied by Dardanians, led by Cleitus of Dardania, who fought along with Glaucias of Taulanti against Alexander the Great. |
lexicalization | eng: Pelion |
instance of | c/Hellenistic colonies |
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media:img | Map of ancient Epirus and environs.png |
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