Map of the Kingdom of Macedon with Elimiotis located in the south-western districts of the kingdom
Elimiotis or Elimeia (Ancient Greek: Ἐλιμιώτις or Ἐλιμία or Ἐλίμεια) was a region of Upper Macedonia that was located along the Haliacmon river. The capital of Elimiotis was Aiani, located in the modern municipality of Kozani, Western Macedonia. It was bordered by Orestis and Eordaea in the north, Pieria in the east, Perrhaebia/Thessaly in the south and Parauaea in the west, and was inhabited by the Epirote Greek tribe of Elimiotes (Ancient Greek: Ἐλιμιῶται).[1][2][3] In earlier times, it was independent and the Derdas family ruled the local kingdom from its capital Aiane. However, later it lost its independence and by 355 BC, Elimiotis was part of the kingdom of Macedon.
^Malkin, Irad (2001). Ancient Perceptions of Greek Ethnicity. Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-674-00662-1. Hecataeus calls the Eliminiotae, Orestae, Lyncastae, and Pelagones of Uppers Macedonia 'Molossian' and since Molossian inscriptions found at the sanctuary of Dodona are inscribed in a West Greek dialect, one would expect the Macedonians to have belonged to a West Greek linguistic Koinē that extended across much of northern and northwestern Greece
^Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1982). "Chapter 40: Illyris, Epirus and Macedonia". In Boardman, John; Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (eds.). The Cambridge Ancient History: The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries B.C. Vol. III, Part 3 (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 266. ISBN 0-521-23447-6. On crossing the Balkan chain, we find that Hecataeus called the Orestae 'a Molossian tribe' (F 107), and Strabo (434; cf. 326) probably derived from Hecataeus his belief that the Elimeotae, Lyncestae, and Pelagones, as well as the Orestae, were Epirotic or rather Molossian tribes before their incorporation by the Macedones into the Macedonian kingdom.
^Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1993). Studies Concerning Epirus and Macedonia Before Alexander. Amsterdam: Hakkert. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-9025610500. Further, the tribes which Strabo termed 'Epirotic' — Orestai, Tymphaioi, Elimiotai, Lynkestai and Pelagones — are likely to have spoken the same dialect as the Molossians, to whom they were in some sense related.
Machatas of Elimeia, noble of Elimiotis. Philip of Machatas, general of Alexander the Great. Polemocrates, noble of Elimiotis. Aiani Aiani Archaeological...
The regions of ancient Greece were sub-divisions of the Hellenic world as conceived by the Ancient Greeks of antiquity, shown by their presence in the...
Macedonia roughly corresponds to the ancient Greek regions of Orestis, Elimiotis, Eordaea, Tymphaea, part of Lynkestis, of Upper Macedonia. Miltiades Hatzopoulos...
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Derdas I (Ancient Greek: Δέρδας) was the ruler of the region of Elimiotis (Ἐλιμιώτις), also rendered as Elymia (Ἐλιμία) and Elimeia (Ἐλίμεια), in the...
Oxford: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-99989-3. Giuseppe Valenza, Elamiti Elimioti Elimi Il Teatro Genealogico degli Elimi nel crocevia del Mediterraneo....
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In the upper part of its course it took a southeast direction through Elimiotis, which it watered; and then, continuing to the northeast, formed the boundary...
Derdas III (Ancient Greek: Δέρδας) was probably the ruler of Elimiotis in mid 4th century BCE, or at least one of its military commanders. He was probably...
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of the region of Elimiotis (Ἐλιμιώτις), also rendered as Elymia (Ἐλιμία) and Elimeia (Ἐλίμεια), in the early 4th century BCE. Elimiotis was a client state...
Pausanias; sources for reign are few, but likely murdered by the ruler of Elimiotis, Derdas. Pausanias 394/3 (Several months) Son of Aeropus II Unknown –...
ruling dynasty - The Argeads - House of Argos). Elimiotai - They lived in Elimiotis/Elimeia. Eordeans - They lived in Eordaia. Lyncestai - They lived in Lynkestis...
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to overcome. In 433, Philip formed an alliance with King Derdas I of Elimiotis in Upper Macedonia and Athens, promising to defend each other and refrain...
Philip's control of Upper Macedon. The small, autonomous principalities like Elimiotis and Lynkestis seems to have been integrated the following year, with the...
Archaeological Museum of Aiani displays the history of ancient Aiani, capital of Elimiotis which was one of the most important kingdoms of Upper Macedonia. Important...
then wedded Phila of Elimeia, the sister of the Archon Derdas III of Elimiotis Philip then fathered children with two Thessalian women to attract the...
had a far harsher climate and was the highlands of the country. Here, Elimiotis (in the south), Orestis (to the west), and Lyncestis (to the northwest...
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first settlements. In ancient times, Aiani belonged to the kingdom of Elimiotis, which together with the rest of the Greek kingdoms (Tymphaea, Orestis...
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Byzantium, s.v. Aiane). If this is true, Gauanes took the kingdom of Elimiotis and Aeropus, presumably, the kingdom of Lynkestis. Argead dynasty A History...
Arsites I. (Macedonian satraps) 334–325 BCE: Calas I, son of Harpalus of Elimiotis. 325–323 BCE: Demarchus I. 323–316 BCE: Eumenes I of Cardia. 316–306 BCE:...
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