Trallians (tribe)
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The Trallians (Greek: "Τράλλεις", Tralleis) were an Illyrian[1] or Thracian[2] tribe. They were barbarians, employed as mercenaries, executioners and torturers in Asia.[2]
Strabo in Geographica attributed the foundation of the ancient city of Tralles, in the valley of the Maeander River in Asia Minor to Trallians and Argives.
References
- ↑ Livy book 31.35...Trallians, who are a tribe of the Illyrians, as we have said in another place..
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Plutarch\'s Lives Volume III by Plutarch,2007,ISBN-10: 1426475926,page 183: "... have been connected with diem. Liddell and Scott speak of "Trallians" as "Thracian barbarians employed in Asia as mercenaries, torturers, and executioners. ..."
