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Coelaletae

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The Coelaletae Maiores inhabited the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina), while the Coelaletae Minores lived on the north base of mount Rhodope.

Koilaletoi (Greek: Κοιλαλέτοι) or Coilaletae or Coelaletae is the name of a Thracian tribe that lived near the Thracian Odrysae and Dii. Other parts of this tribe were,[1] the Coelaletae Maiores who inhabited the Balkan Mountains and the Coelaletae Minores who lived on the northern foothills of the Rhodope Mountains. They are mentioned by Tacitus.[2]

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  1. The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 3, Part 2: The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and Other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries BC by John Boardman, I. E. S. Edwards, E. Sollberger, and N. G. L. Hammond, ISBN 0-521-22717-8, 1992, page 606: "The other branch of this tribe, the Coelaletae maiores, lived in the region of the High Tonzos between Stara ..."
  2. Cornelius Tacitus, The Annals