Ambracia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.M. Murray
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors:
DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Pierre Motylewicz, Gethin Rees, R. Talbert
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Last modified
Oct 06, 2024 06:17 PM
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History
Ambracia (modern Arta) was an ancient city of central Greece, founded as a colony of Corinth in the seventh century BC. It was located near the Ambracian Gulf along the course of the river Arachthos.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530794
39.1549245, 20.9900925
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- DARMC location 2756 (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
- Ambracia member of Aetolian League (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Ambracia connection Arachthos/Araththos/Aratthos/Aracthus (river) (unspecified date range)
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settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 C3 Ambracia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Arta
W.M. Murray, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Pierre Motylewicz, Gethin Rees, and R. Talbert, 'Ambracia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530794> [accessed: 27 April 2025]
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