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ΑΜΑΝΤΙΑ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΙΛΛΥΡΙΑ
Amantia (Amantia: Eth. Amantieus, Steph. B. s. v.; Amantinos, Ptol.
ii. 16. § 3; Amantinus, Plin. iv. 10. s. 17. § 35; Amantianus, Caes. B.C. iii.
12; Amantes, Etym. M. s. v.; Amantes, Plin. iii. 23. s. 26. § 45), a town and
district in Greek Illyria. It is said to have been founded by the Abantes of Euboea,
who, according to tradition, settled near the Ceraunian mountains, and founded
Amantia and Thronium. From hence the original name of Amantia is said to have
been Abantia, and the surrounding country to have been called Abantis. (Steph.
B. s. v. Abantis, Amantia; Etym. M. s. v. Amantes; Paus. v. 22. § 3.) Amantia
probably stood at some distance from the coast, S. of the river Aous, and on a
tributary of the latter, named Polyanthes. (Lycophr. 1043.) It is placed by Leake
at Nivitza, where there are the remains of Hellenic walls. This site agrees with
the distances afforded by Scylax and the Tabular Itinerary, the former of which
places Amantia at 320 stadia, and the latter at 30 Roman miles from Apollonia.
Ptolemy speaks of an Amantia on the coast, and another town of the same name inland;
whence we may perhaps infer that the latter had a port of the same name, more
especially as the language of Caesar (B.C. iii. 40) would imply that Amantia was
situated on the coast. Amantia was a place of some importance in the civil wars
between Caesar and Pompey; and it continued to be mentioned in the time of the
Byzantine emperors. (Caes. B.C. iii. 12, 40; Cic. Phil. xi. 1. 1; Leake, Ancient
Greece, vol. i. p. 375, seq.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited July 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
On the right bank of the lower Aous, a steep-sided hill is fortified with a circuit wall ca. 1900 m long. An ancient road enters the city between two towers of ashlar masonry and foundations of houses are visible inside. Some magistrates of the city are named on an inscribed block in a house of the modern village. Religious and funerary reliefs of Hellenistic and Roman times come from the site. Literary evidence suggests that it was Amantia, the chief city of the Amantes, who issued coins.
N.G.L. Hammond, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
Αποικία των Αβάντων της Εύβοιας, ίδρυσαν την πόλη μετά τον Τρωικό Πόλεμο (Πτολ. 3,13,5 & Στεφ.Βυζ. & Ησύχ & Σκύλαξ).
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