Definition of Messenian. Meaning of Messenian. Synonyms of Messenian

- Messenia or Messinia (/məˈsiːniə/ mə-SEE-nee-ə; Gr****: Μεσσηνία [mesiˈni.a]) is a regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) in the southwestern part of the...
- Messenian Wars refers to the wars between Messenia and Sparta in the 8th and 7th centuries BC as well as the 4th century BC. First Messenian War Second...
- Certainly conquest comprised one aspect of helotism; thus Messenians, who were conquered in the Messenian Wars of the 8th century BC, become synonymous in Herodotus...
- The Second Messenian War was a war which occurred ca. 660–650 BC between the Ancient Gr**** states of Messenia and Sparta, with localized resistance possibly...
- The Messenian Gulf (Gr****: Μεσσηνιακός Κόλπος, Messiniakós Kólpos) is a sea that is part of the Ionian Sea. The gulf is cir****scribed by the southern...
- The First Messenian War was a war between Messenia and Sparta. It began in 743 BC and ended in 724 BC, according to the dates given by Pausanias. The...
- The Messenian Senate (Gr****: Μεσσηνιακή Σύγκλητος) was the first government of the Gr**** Revolution. It was the first move towards the creation of the...
- a bureaucratic, agricultural kingdom ruled by the wanax at Pylos. The Messenians spoke Mycenaean Gr****, and worshipped the Gr**** gods at local shrines...
- Messenian Oinousses (Gr****: Μεσσηνιακές Οινούσσες Messiniakés Inoússes) is a Gr**** island complex in the southwest coasts of Peloponnese, in Ionian Sea...
- offshoots of the range of mountains, which run along this part of the Messenian coast. Upon the narrow summit of the rocks later occupied by a castle...