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ANTIGONIA (Ancient city) ALBANIA
Antigoneia (Antigoneia, Anrigonia, Anti. gonea, Liv.: Eth. Antigoneus,
Antigonensis). A town of Epirus in the district Chaonia, on the Aous and near
a narrow pass leading from Illyria into Chaonia. (Ta par Antigoneian stena, Pol.
ii. 5, 6; ad Antigoneam fauces, Liv. xxxii. 5.) The town was in the hands of the
Romans in their war with Perseus. (Liv. xliii. 23.) It is mentioned both by Pliny
(iv. 1) and Ptolemy (iii. 14. § 7).
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
CHIMARA (Ancient city) ALBANIA
Chimaera (Chimaira: Khimara), a town of Epeirus in the district Chaonia,
now gives its name to the Acroceraunian mountains, at the foot of which it stands.
At Khimara may be seen several pieces of Hellenic work, which serve as foundations
to some of the modern houses. (Plin. iv. 1; Procop. de Aedif. iv. 4; Leake, Northern
Greece, vol. i. pp. 7, 82, 89, seq.)
ANTIGONIA (Ancient city) ALBANIA
A town in Epirus at the junction of a tributary with the Aous, and near a narrow pass of the Acroceraunian Mountains.
ANTIGONIA (Ancient city) ALBANIA
A city identified by inscriptions on voting discs, lies above Saraginishte
E of Argyrokastro on a ridge 762 m above sea level. Founded by Pyrinhos and named
after his first wife Antigone, the city had a circuit wall ca. 4000 m long. Chief
inland city of Chaonia, it controlled the fertile Drin valley and traded with
Apollonia down the Aous valley, Korkyra via Onchesmos or Buthinotum, and Dodona
to the S. Its forces could block the pass of the Drin through which the Illyrians
and later the Romans entered Epeiros from the N (Polyb. 2.5.6; 2.6.6; and Livy
32.5.9; 43.23.2). Excavations have revealed towers and gateways of fine ashlar
masonry, public buildings, some 450 coins of the Hellenistic period and evidence
of metalworking in bronze and iron.
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.
CHIMARA (Ancient city) ALBANIA
The name survives from ancient times through a bishopric of Chimara.
The village, situated in a strong position on the lip of a gorge, is set among
the ruined fortifications of the ancient city, which was the capital of the Chaonians
of this rocky, steep coast. A small plain below Chimera has an exposed beach,
and the place was famous for its so-called royal spring of fresh water (Plin.
HN 4.1.4). It was a place of refuge for shipping on the very dangerous Ceraunian
coast.
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.
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