Parauaea () was an Ancient Greece territory in the region of Epirus.[ The inhabitants of the area, a Thesprotians tribe, were known as Parauaioi (; also Parauaei or Parauaeans), which meant "those dwelling beside" the Aous river.]
History
Due to the fact that Greek toponyms that preserve archaic features are very densely found in the wider area (Epirus, western and northern Thessaly and Pieria), it appears that speakers of the Proto-Greek language inhabited a region which included Parauaea before the Late Bronze Age migrations (late 3rd-early 2nd millennium BC).
At the beginning of the Peloponnesian War (429 BC), the Parauaei under the leadership of king Oroidos () joined forced together with the nearby Orestae as allies of Sparta against Acarnania.[
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In 350 BC, Parauaea was incorporated into the Greek kingdom of Macedon by Phillip II as part of Upper Macedonia.[Plutarch (ed. Bernadotte Perrin). Pyrrhus, 6: "... demanded as a reward for his alliance Stymphaea and Parauaea in Macedonia ..."][Rhianus. Fragmenta, "Παραυαῖοι ἔθνος Θεσπρωτικόν".][.]
Location
Parauaea was among the northern Epirote tribal regions in antiquity.
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