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The Thesprotians (Gk. Θεσπρωτοι, Thesprôtoi) were an ancient tribe of Thesprotis, akin to the Molossians. The poet Homer frequently mentions Thesprotia which had friendly relations with Ithaca and Doulichi. The first inhabitants were from the early Bronze Age. Scholars are in dispute whether the early Thesprotians were Hellenes but some claim them as an ancient proto-tribe who had pelasgian roots. It is not known for certain whether they were a Greek tribe or not but the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax does not include them among the Illyrian tribes or any other. On their northeast frontier they had the Chaonians and to their central frontier the kingdom of the Molossians, to their north were the Illyrians. The Thesprotians were part of the League of Epirus until they were annexed into the Roman Empire. Geography Strabo puts their region in southwest Epirus called Thesprotis. They lived in Epirus between the Amvrakikos Bay and the Kalamas River and between the Pindos mountains and the Ionian Sea. According to legend the nation got its name from Pelasgian leader and the first governor Thesprotos who built Kichyro (Cichorus), which was later was called Ephyra, the capital of Thesprotia. Other important cities of Thesprotia include Titani, Chimerion, Torine, Fanoti and Fotiki.
Ancient tribe Strabo tells us that the Thesprotians, along with the Chaonians and the Molossians, were the most famous among the fourteen tribes of Epirus, who once ruled over the whole Region - the Chaones earlier and later the Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org"
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