Amantes (tribe)

Amantes or Abantes (Greek: Ἀμάντιεύς) is a name of an ancient Greek[1] tribe in the most northern part of Epirus. An ancient Greek polis Amantia, was named after them. There was also an Illyrian tribe with a similar name in Pannonia, the Amantini.

Epirus and environs.

References

  1. The Illyrian Atintani, the Epirotic Atintanes and the Roman Protectorate N. G. L. Hammond, The Journal of Roman Studies Vol. 79 (1989), pp. 11-25 "There were Illyrian Amantini in Pannonia and Greek Amantes in North Epirus"
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