Triballians
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the Triballians
in the texts
The Rights of War and Peace
Balkan people named as observing the Christian custom against enslaving co-religionists.
nor was it confined to those, who lived under the authority of the Roman empire, but prevailed among the Thessalians, the Illyrians, the Triballians, and Bulgarians.
Panathenaicus
A people invoked as an example of concord used destructively.
But if I appear to some to use a comparison which is not in keeping with the reputation of the Spartans, I discard this and instance the Triballians, who, according to what all men say, are of one mind as are no other people on earth, but are bent on destroying not only those who border upon their territory and those who live in their neighborhood but also all others whom they are able to reach.