Tymphaea

Tymphaia (Greek Τυμφαία ), also called Stymphaia ( Στυμφαία ), called in ancient times those landscape of Greece, which is bounded by the upper reaches of the river Aliakmona the north and east and the Pindus Mountains in the west.

The residents of Tymphaia were Epirotes, however, mingled with the other side of the Aliakmona settled Macedonians from the Elimiotis and Orestis. In the middle of the 4th century BC, the country was conquered by Philip II and integrated into Macedonia, since it was often attributed to the obermakedonischen landscapes. In 335 BC Alexander the Great marched through this countryside in his Twelve days march from Pelion in Dassaretia to Thebes. The assimilation of Tymphäer in the Macedonian society seems to be vonstattengegangen extremely fast. In the army of Alexander the Great, they formed their own battalion of Pezhetairoi whose leader was Polyperchon ascend to the temporary regent of Macedonia.

King Alexander V. had 294 BC Tymphaia as well Parauaia for the help of Pyrrhus Epirotenkönigs assign to it. To what extent these areas after his death falling back to Macedonia, is controversial, but probably they remained until the Roman conquest in Epirotenbund.