, ▁the ▁country ▁was ▁divided ▁into ▁four ▁districts ▁– ▁Ph th iot is , ▁P list iae ot is , ▁Th ess ali ot is ▁and ▁Pel as gi ot is : ▁This ▁division ▁continued ▁throughout ▁Th ess al ian ▁history , ▁and ▁it ▁may ▁therefore ▁be ▁concluded ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁merely ▁a ▁nom inal ▁one . ▁Each ▁district ▁may ▁have ▁reg ulated ▁its ▁affairs ▁by ▁some ▁kind ▁of ▁provincial ▁council , ▁but ▁we ▁are ▁almost ▁entirely ▁in ▁the ▁dark ▁concerning ▁the ▁internal ▁government ▁of ▁each ▁district . ▁ ▁When ▁occasion ▁required , ▁a ▁chief ▁magistr ate ▁was ▁elected ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁tag us , ▁whose ▁commands ▁were ▁obey ed ▁by ▁all ▁four ▁districts . ▁He ▁is ▁sometimes ▁called ▁king ▁( bas ile us , ▁Her od , ▁v . ▁ 6 3 ), ▁and ▁sometimes ▁arch on ▁( D ion ys . ▁v . ▁ 7 4 .) ▁He ▁lev ied ▁soldiers ▁from ▁the ▁states ▁in ▁each ▁district , ▁and ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁fixed ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁t ribute ▁to ▁be ▁paid ▁by ▁the ▁al lies . ▁( X en oph . ▁Hell . ▁vi . ▁ 1 . ▁§ ▁ 1 9 .) ▁When ▁Jason ▁of ▁Ph era e ▁was ▁tag us , ▁he ▁had ▁an ▁army ▁of ▁more ▁than ▁ 8 , 0 0 0 ▁caval ry ▁and ▁not ▁less ▁than ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁hop l ites ▁( X en oph .. /. ▁c .), ▁and ▁Jason ▁himself ▁says ▁that ▁when ▁Th ess aly