The
Perrhaebi were an
ancient Greek people who lived in northern
Thessaly. They took part in the Trojan War under
Guneus and also fought in the
Battle of Thermopylae. Their capital was Phalanna, and their most significant town, or
polis, was
Oloosson. Through most of their history they were overshadowed and controlled by Thessaly, although they had two votes at the
Delphic Amphictyony.
Philip II of Macedon freed the Perrhaebi from Thessaly and took their kingdom for
Macedonian control, under which it remained until
Roman conquest in 196 BC. They were listed in Xerxes' vast army by Herodotus. A coin of the Perrhaebi depicted a man restraining a bull on one side and a horse on the other.The inscription was "Περραιβών".