This is a list of cities in ancient Epirus. These were Greek poleis, komes or fortresses except for Nicopolis, which was founded by Octavian. Classical Epirus was divided into three regions: Chaonia, Molossia, Thesprotia, each named after the dominant tribe that lived there. A number of ancient settlements in these regions remain unidentified.An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 340An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 353
Cities
Chaonia Amantia, main settlement of the Amantes Antigonia (Chaonia),The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 7, Part 1: The Hellenistic World by F. W. Walbank, A. E. Astin, M. W. Frederiksen, and R. M. Ogilvie, 1984, Index: "... 183 Anticythera instrument, 336-7 Antigone, wife of Pyrrhus, io6, 107 Antigoneia, as new name of Mantinea, 470, 473 Antigoneia (Epirus), y Ab, 452 Antigoneia (Paeonia), y Ba, ..." polis founded by Pyrrhus of Epirus Artichia,An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 342 polis Aulon, modern-day Vlorë, first attested in the 2nd century AD BaiakeAn Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis by Mogens Herman,, 2004, page 339 pre-Hellenistic polis Bouthroton,An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis by Mogens Herman,, 2004, page 343,"Bouthroton (Bouthrotios)" Chaonian polis Cestrine or Cammania, modern-day Filiates Chimaera (Chaonia),Springs and Wells in Greek and Roman Literature: Their Legends and Locations by James Reuel Smith, 2003,, page 263 or Chimera (polis) Chaonian polis, modern-day Himara Hekatompedon, pre-Hellenistic polis Olympe,An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 347 polis in the region of the Amantes Onchesmos,Bowden, William. Epirus Vetus: The Archaeology of a Late Antique Province. London: Duckworth, 2003, , p. 14. "Anchiasmos (Onchesmos)" pre-Hellenistic polis, modern-day Saranda Orikos, founded by EuboeansRobin Lane Fox, Travelling Heroes: Greeks and Their Myths in the Epic Age of Homer (London: Allen Lane, 2008, ), p. 123. Euboeans colony Panormos (Epirus) or Panormus (Epirus),Epirus: the geography, the ancient remains, the history and topography of Epirus and adjacen areas by Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, 1967, page 473 pre-Hellenistic polis Phanoteia,An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 348 polis Phoenice,The Hellenistic Age: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles) by Peter Green, 2008, page 80,"... to the conference table, and negotiated their own peace at Phoenice in Epirus (205). ..." chief polis of the Chaonians, modern-day Finiq Photike, pre-Hellenistic polis, modern-day Paramythia Thronion,The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation. An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted, 2005, , p. 322. "...expansion of Apollonia is implied in the dedication at Olympia of spoils from the destruction of the Euboian-Lokrian settlement at Thronion." colony of the Euboeans - Locrians
Molossia Dodona,Ambrose (The Early Church Fathers) by Boniface Ramsey, 1997, Back Matter: "... the Gauls when they captured Rome in 390 BC. 100 Dodona was a town in ancient Greece that was famous for its temple and ..."Potter, John. Archaeologia Graeca or the Antiquities of Greece. Blackie, 1840 (Original from the University of Lausanne), p. 258. "Dodona is by some thought to have been a city of Thessaly; by others it was placed in Epirus; and others, to reconcile these two opinions, will have two Dodonas, one in Thessaly, and another in Epirus. They that place it in Epirus (and that is generally believed to have been the seat of the oracle, whether there was another Dodona in Thessaly or not), are no less divided in their opinions about it; for some of them will have it in Thesprotia, others in Chaonia, or Molossia; but Eustathius has undertaken to decide the controversy, telling us that it did indeed once belong to the Thesprotians, but afterwards fell into the hands of the Molossians; and he is herein confirmed by Strabo." sanctuary, the second most important oracle in ancient Greece after Delphi Eurymenai (Epirus),An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 349 polis Orraon,dans le secteur proche d'Orraon founded 385 BC polis Passaron,Rome's Mediterranean Empire Book 41-45 and the Periochae (Oxford World's Classics) (Books 41-45) by Livy and Jane D. Chaplin, 2007, page 195,"... had been made public, Anicius returned to winter quarters at Passaron in Epirus. 27. ..." polis
Thesprotia BouneimaAn Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 339 pre Hellenistic Korkyra (polis)An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 361 polis Tekmona or Tekmon polis Charadros (Epirus) pre Hellenistic Chyton foundedTravels in Northern Greece. In four volumes. Volume 4 by William Martin Leake,, page 76,"name was Chyton, which, according to Ephorus, was a colony settled in Epirus" by Ionians from Klazomenai Zmaratha polis GitanaeAn Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 345 polis Elateia (Epirus) founded by ElisiansAn Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, Index polis Batiai founded by Elisians polis Thesprotia (polis) pre Hellenistic Trampya pre Hellenistic Helikranon pre Hellenistic Ilium (Epirus) pre Hellenistic Elina (Epirus) pre Hellenistic Elaias Limen pre Hellenistic Sybota pre Hellenistic Cheimerion pre Hellenistic Ephyra (Epirus) or KichyrosAnthology Of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation : with Additional Translations by Other Scholars and an Appendix on Linear B sources by Thomas G. Palaima by Stephen Trzaskoma, R. Scott Smith, and Stephen Brunet, 2004, page 44: "... the Calydonians against the Thesprotians. After capturing the city of Ephyra, where King Phylas ruled, he slept with the king’s daughter ..." founded by Chaonians in Parthenius's story of AnthippeParthenius polis Oropos (Epirus) pre Hellenistic ToryneMakers of Rome: Nine Lives (Penguin Classics) by Plutarch and Ian Scott-Kilvert, 1965, page 328,"... the Ionian sea and seizing a town in Epirus named Toryne, the name of which means 'ladle'. ..." or Torone polis Pandosia (Epirus) founded by Elisians polis Elaea founded by Corinthians polis Bucheta founded by Elisians polis CassopeTravels in Northern Greece: Volume 1 by William Martin Leake, 2001, page 252,"... marching from Acarnania into Epirus, pitched his camp near the city Cassopia 3. ..."An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 346 pre Hellenistic Elatria founded by ElisiansThe Cambridge Ancient History Volume 3, Part 3: The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries BC by John Boardman and N. G. L. Hammond, 1982, page 337,"... Eleans planted two other colonies in the same part of Epirus, Elatria and Pandosia. Their colonies were in terrain similar to coastal ..." Poionos polis Berenike (Epirus) polis Kastrosykia
See also List of ancient Epirotes List of Ancient Greek tribes List of ancient Greek cities List of ancient Greeks List of cities in ancient Acarnania
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