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  • The Illyrians had crushed the Macedonian army in the north-west, and now the Paionian tribes of the north had invaded, sacking two cities and thirty villages.

    Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

  • The Paionian King had been killed, his army put to flight.

    Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

  • Paionian warriors rolled from their blankets, grabbing for sword, lance or bow.

    Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

  • The Paionian King had been killed, his army put to flight.

    Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

  • Paionian warriors rolled from their blankets, grabbing for sword, lance or bow.

    Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

  • The Illyrians had crushed the Macedonian army in the north-west, and now the Paionian tribes of the north had invaded, sacking two cities and thirty villages.

    Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

  • I come from deep-soiled Paionia, a land far off, leading Paionian men with their long spears, and this now is the eleventh morn since I am come to Ilios.

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882

  • Odomantians” are marked by Stein as an interpolation, on the ground that the two tribes first mentioned are themselves Paionian; but Doberians are distinguished from Paionians in vii.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

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