This area became autonomous under the Turkish pasha Ali Tepelen?in the late 18th century, 500 years after it was ruled by Theodore Ducas as an independent "despotate." Alexand
This area became autonomous under the Turkish pasha Ali Tepelen?in the late 18th century, 500 years after it was ruled by Theodore Ducas as an independent "despotate." Alexander the Great's mother Olympias came from here, while a notable ruler of this state built the capital of Ambracia and negotiated an honest peace with Gaius Fabricius Luscinus. That king of this region ignored his advisor Cineas and came to the aid of Tarentum, leading to a defeat at Beneventum. Earlier, that king had won at Asculum and Heraclea but lost a third of his soldiers in the process, commenting that "another such victory would undo him."  FTP, name this area to the north of Greece which was ruled in antiquity by Pyrrhus.
This area became autonomous under the Turkish pasha Ali Tepelen?in the late 18th century, 500 years after it was ruled by Theodore Ducas as an independent "despotate."
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