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Ambracia (modern Arta) was an ancient city of central Greece, founded as a colony of Corinth in the seventh century BCE. It was located near the Ambracian Gulf along the course of the river Arachthos.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530794

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.1549245, 20.9900925

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- DARMC location 2756 (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ambracia (750 BC - AD 300)
- Ἀμβρακία (Ambrakía: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
- Arta (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)

Ambracia makes connections with:

Ambracia member of Aetolian League (330 BC - 30 BC)
Ambracia connection Arachthos/Araththos/Aratthos/Aracthus (river) (unspecified date range)

Ambracia receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 C3 Ambracia

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Arta

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Suggested citation:
W.M. Murray, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Pierre Motylewicz, R. Talbert, Gethin Rees, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Ambracia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530794> [accessed: 07 September 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530794 |title=Places: 530794 (Ambracia) |author=Murray, W. |accessdate=September 7, 2026 11:15 am |publisher=Pleiades}}