Pelion, also Pellion or Pelium , was a fortified settlement of the Chaonia

Chaonia

Chaonia or Chaon was the name of the northwestern part of Epirus, the homeland of the Greek tribe of the Chaonians. Its main town was called Phoenice. According to Virgil, Chaon was the eponymous ancestor of the Chaonians....

n tribe of Dexaroi

Dassaretae

The Dassaretae , or Dexaroi, were an ancient Greek tribe of Epirus on the border with Illyria near Lake Ohrid. They were the northern-most subtribe of the Chaonians. Theopompus writes of fourteen Epirotian tribes, speakers of a strong west-Greek dialect, of which the Dexaroi were a part...

, now located in Goricë e Madhë

Goricë e Madhë

Goricë e Madhe is a village in the Mala Prespa, Albania, District Pustec, Korçë District.-History:Goricë is the location of a fortified town called Pellion of the Ancient Greek tribe of the Dexaroi that was later a Macedonian fortress.-Demographics:...

, Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

, on the ancient border between Epirus

Epirus (ancient state)

Epirus was an ancient Greek state, located in the geographical region of Epirus, in the western Balkans. The homeland of the ancient Epirotes was bordered by the Aetolian League to the south, Thessalia and Macedonia to the east and Illyrian tribes to the north...

 and Illyria

Illyria

In classical antiquity, Illyria was a region in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula inhabited by the Illyrians....

. Pelium later served as a Macedon

Macedon

Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south....

ian border fortress. Sometime in 335 BC, just before the battle of Pelium, it was occupied by Dardanians, led by Cleitus of Dardania, who fought along with Glaucias of Taulanti

Glaucias of Taulanti

For other persons with the same name, see GlauciasGlaucias was one of the greatest Illyrian kings of the Taulanti State which dominated Illyrian affairs in the second half of the 4th century BC....

 against Alexander the Great.