Ambracia
Ambracia was a city of the region also called Ambracia. Ambracia was the major port in the Ambracian Gulf.
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Ambracia, Ἀμπρακία.
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Achaea
Achaea was a region in northern Peloponnesus. The whole region, including Sicyonia, was originally called Aegialus after Aegialeus, a king of Sicyonia. The major cities of Achaea:
August 8th, 1999
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Brindisium (Brentesion)
The ancient Roman name for Brindisi, a modern coastal city on the Adriatic Sea. Formerly Brentesion in Greek, the city was renamed to Brindisium when the Romans took the city in 266 BCE, during the Pyrrhic war. Brentesion was one of the cities whi...
February 4th, 2008
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Epeirus
Also called Epirus. Epeirus was the coastal region of Greece, stretching from the Ambracian Gulf in the south to the north in southern Albania. Epeirus could be divided into Thesprotia in the south with Ephyra as its major city, while Ambracia was...
August 8th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Ephyra
Ephyra (Ephyre) was the principal city of Thesprotia, a region in southern Epeirus. Neoptolemus became the king of Ephyra after the Trojan War. Neoptolemus probabaly ruled all of Epeirus. (See family tree of the Aeacides)
August 8th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Byblus
Byblus was an ancient coastal city of northern Phoenicia. Byblus or Byblos is now called Jubayl. It was once famous for its export of timber to Egypt.
August 8th, 1999
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Arcadia
Arcadia was a large central region of the Peloponnesus. Arcadia was landlocked and mountainous. Either Pelasgus or his son Lycaon were said to be the first ruler of Arcadia. The region was named after Lycaon's grandson, Arcas, the son of Zeus and ...
August 8th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Sicyonia
Sicyonia was a region north of Argolis and east of the Isthmus. The region was originally called Asopia or Aegialeia, before it was changed to Sicyonia by Sicyon. The principal city of Sicyonia was Sicyon.
August 8th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Patrae
Patrae was a seaport city in Achaea, on the northern coast of Peloponnesus, and the main port on the Gulf of Patrae. The first king was the earth-born Eumelus, who learned to grow corn from Triptolemus. Eumelus founded the town of Aroë. When Patre...
August 8th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Abnoba
Abnoba was a goddess of the forest and the rivers. Abnoba was a Romano-Celtic goddess who was popular in the Black Forest (in Germany).
November 3rd, 1999
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Amyclas and his sons
Amyclas was the son of Lacedaemon and Sparta. Amyclas married Diomede, daughter of Lapithus and Orsinome. Amyclas became the father of Argalus, Cynortas, Hyacinthus and Leaneira. Amyclas was said to have founded the city of Amyclae, near Sparta. A...
August 17th, 2002
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