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Tralleis
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[1] Tribe in the south of Illyricum

(Τράλλεις, Τράλλοι/Trálleis, Trálloi). Tribe in the south of Illyricum, which, according to Hesych. s.v. Τραλλεῖς was of Thracian origin, but to Steph. Byz. (s.v. Βῆγις; Βόλουρος; Τραλλία) and Liv. (27,32,4; 31,35,1: Tralles; 38,21,2: Tralli) was of Illyrian extraction. The T. were known as mercenaries in Hellenistic armies (Diod. Sic. 17,65,1; Liv. 37,19; Hesych. loc. cit.). The towns of Begis and Bulorus were situ…

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von Bredow, Iris (Bietigheim-Bissingen) and Kaletsch, Hans (Regensburg), “Tralleis”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 06 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1218730>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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