The city remained in Ottoman hands until Thessaly became part of the independent Greek kingdom in 1881, except for a period where Ottoman forces re-occupied it during the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.

Many regions with an ethnic-Greek majority ( Thessaly, Epirus, part of Macedonia and Thrace, the remaining Aegean islands, Crete and Cyprus ), remained under Ottoman rule.

Similarly, Mardonius remained in Thessaly, knowing an attack on the Isthmus was pointless, whilst the Allies refused to send an army outside the Peloponnese.

Mardonius remained in Thessaly, knowing an attack on the Isthmus was pointless, while the Allies refused to send an army outside the Peloponessus.

Similarly, Mardonius remained in Thessaly, knowing an attack on the Isthmus was pointless, while the Allies refused to send an army outside the Peloponnese.

The rest of the Greek-speaking lands, including Crete, Cyprus and the rest of the Aegean islands, Epirus, Thessaly, Macedonia and Thrace, remained under Ottoman rule.

Nevertheless, in 1881, Thessaly and small parts of Epirus were ceded to Greece as part of the Treaty of Berlin, while frustrating Greek hopes of receiving Crete.

They withdrew to Thessaly, where Aegimius, the mythical ancestor of the Dorians, whom Heracles had assisted in war against the Lapithae, adopted Hyllus and made over to him a third part of his territory.

The kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, was bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south.

Thessaly became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of Ottoman rule.

Thessaly later became part of the Roman Empire as part of the province of Macedonia.

Thessaly became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after the Treaty of Berlin.

They withdrew to Thessaly, where Aegimius, the mythical ancestor of the Dorians, whom Heracles had assisted in war against the Lapidae, adopted Hyllus and made over to him a third part of his territory.

Its general direction is from northwest to southeast, and it is traversed throughout its length by a mountain range, which forms part of the chain that bounds Thessaly on the east, and is continued south of Euboea in the lofty islands of Andros, Tinos and Mykonos.

Caenis then changed his name to Caeneus and became a warrior, traveling all over Thessaly, and later taking part in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar.

The name " Kastoria " first appears in the middle of the 6th century ( 550 AD ), mentioned by Procopius as follows :" There was a certain city in Thessaly, Diocletianopolis by name, which had been prosperous in ancient times, but with the passage of time and the assaults of the barbarians it had been destroyed, and for a very long time it had been destitute of inhabitants ; and a certain lake chances to be close by which was named Castoria. There is an island in the middle of the lake, for the most part surrounded by water ; but there remains a single narrow approach to this island through the lake, not more than fifteen feet wide. And a very lofty mountain stands above the island, one half being covered by the lake while the remainder rests upon it.

In reaction to the rebellion of Crete and the assistance sent by Greece, the Ottomans had relocated a significant part of their army in the Balkans to the north of Thessaly, close to the borders with Greece.

The Ottoman Empire, in reaction to the rebellion of Crete and the assistance sent by Greece, relocated a significant part of its army in the Balkans to the north of Thessaly, close to the borders with Greece.

It is part of the region of Thessaly.

Nevertheless, after the Congress of Berlin, in 1881 Greece was given most of Thessaly and part of Epirus.

Servia reached its peak as part of the Eastern Roman Empire when it developed as a strong castle-city ( Greek: καστροπολιτεία ) guarding the ancient passage from Macedonia to Thessaly.

It is part of the region of Thessaly.

Achaia included Euboea, Attica, the Cyclades, Thessaly, Peloponnesos, Aitolia, Akarnania, the Ionian islands, and the southern part of Epirus.

The two provinces of Epirus, along with the provinces of Macedonia, Thessaly, and Achaia, became part of the diocese of Macedonia ( capital Thessalonica ).

At its height, the league's territory included Locris, Malis, Dolopes, part of Thessaly, Phocis, and Acarnania.

The river flows generally southwards, and forms part of the boundary between the regional units of Arta and Trikala, which is also the boundary between Epirus and Thessaly.

Pēlion ) is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in central Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea.

In many other regions, festivities of smaller extent are organized, focused on the reenactment of traditional carnevalic customs ; for example those held in Tyrnavos ( Thessaly ), Kozani ( West Macedonia ), Rethymno ( Crete ) and in Xanthi ( East Macedonia and Thrace ).

in the Regions of: East Macedonia & Thrace, Central Macedonia, West Macedonia, Epirus, Thessaly, Ionian Islands, Western Greece, Central Greece, Attica, Peloponnese, North Aegean, South Aegean, Crete.

The Western armies, commanded by Bauto and Arbogast, and those from Theodosius I in the East, were successful in pushing Fritigern out of Macedonia and Thessaly towards Thrace in lower Moesia where their raids had begun, and ultimately established a peace treaty with the Visigoths in 382 CE.

In 148 BC, Andriskos conquered Thessaly and made an alliance with Carthage, thus bringing the Roman wrath on him.

Category: Roman Thessaly

* The Battle of Cynoscephalae in Thessaly gives a Roman army under pro-consul Titus Quinctius Flamininus a decisive victory over Philip V of Macedon.

* The Roman general, Lucius Aemilius Paulus, is elected consul and arrives in Thessaly to lead the Roman army which has been trapped by Perseus ' forces.

* In Thessaly, King Perseus of Macedon repulses a Roman army which is commanded by Aulus Hostilius Mancinus.

The Battle of Cynoscephalae () was an encounter battle fought in Thessaly in 197 BC between the Roman army, led by Titus Quinctius Flamininus, and the Antigonid dynasty of Macedon, led by Philip V.

In 1946, when the Consulta Araldica — the body that advised the Kingdom of Italy on matters of nobility — ceased operations, the Tribunal of Naples recognized his numerous titles, so his complete name was changed from Antonio Clemente to ‘ Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Ducas Komnenos Gagliardi de Curtis of Byzantium, His Imperial Highness, Palatine Count, Knight of the Holy Roman Empire, Exarch of Ravenna, Duke of Macedonia and Illyria, Prince of Constantinople, Cilicia, Thessaly, Pontus, Moldavia, Dardania, Peloponnesus, Count of Cyprus and Epirus, Count and Duke of Drivasto and Durazzo ".

It is inferred that geographically the medieval Wallachia in question ( distinct from both Great Wallachia in Thessaly and the later Wallachia north of the Danube ), overlaps with the former Roman province of Moesia Inferior ( Greek Mysia, Choniates, 481 ), as distinct from the Byzantine theme of Bulgaria further west ( Choniates, 488 ).

In 197 BC he defeated Philip at the Battle of Cynoscephalae in Thessaly, the Roman legions making the Macedonian phalanx obsolete in the process.

From an early period, the Roman province of Macedonia included Epirus, Thessaly, parts of Thrace and Illyria, thus making the region of Macedonia permanently lose connection to its ancient borders, and now including various inhabitants.

Achaea or Achaia, sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaïa ( Achaïa, ), was a province of the Roman Empire, consisting of the Peloponnese, eastern Central Greece, and parts of Thessaly.

In Roman history, Cineas was a minister of Thessaly and friend of King Pyrrhus of Epirus.

Witches in Greek and Roman literature, particularly those from Thessaly, were regularly accused of " drawing down the moon " by use of a magic spell.

Category: Roman Thessaly

Thessaly was only held by a modest Roman observation force under the legatus L. Hortensius, elder brother of Q. Hortensius the orator.

However, unlike Thessaly, Macedonia was ruled by a monarchy from its earliest history until the Roman conquest in 167 BC.