Chaonians
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27 sectionsContents
- Name
- Attestation
- Etymology
- Geography
- Settlements and fortifications
- Border zones
- Discussion in ancient sources and historiography
- History
- Early period
- Classical period
- 5th century BC
- 4th century BC
- Hellenistic period
- Roman period
- Political structure
- Economy
- Language
- Religion
- In ancient sources and inscriptions
- Mythological origins
- List of Chaonians
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
right|thumb|250px|Regions of mainland Greece in antiquity. Chaonia stretched along the Ionian coast
The Chaonians () were an ancient Greek people that inhabited the historical region of Epirus which today is part of northwestern Greece and southern Albania. Together with the Molossians and the Thesprotians, they formed the main tribes of the northwestern Greek group. In historical times on their southern frontier lay the Epirote kingdom of the Molossians, to their southwest stood the kingdom of the Thesprotians, and to their north the Illyrians. By the 5th century BC, they had conquered and combined to a large degree with the neighboring Thesprotians and Molossians. The Chaonians were part of the Epirote League until 170 BC when their territory was annexed by the Roman Republic.