Ambracia

settlement · 750 BC – 1999 AD

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.

Coordinates

39.15492, 20.99009

Also known as

Ambrakía, Ambrakia (grc), Arta (en), Arta (en), Ἀμβρακία (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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