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		Acarnania Acarnaniaăkand180;ernā´nēe, region of ancient Greece, between the Achelous River and the Ionian Sea.
		Aetolia Aetoliaētōl´ye, region of ancient Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth and the Gulf of Calydon, E of the Achelous River (separating it from Acarnania).
		Actium Actiumăk´tēem, -shē-, promontory, NW Acarnania, Greece, at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=%22Acarnania%22 (277 words)

	acarnania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Acarnania was a region of ancient central western Greece that lay along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a boundary, and north of the gulf of Calydon, which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth.
		The founding tradition of Acarnania was that is was founded by a son of the king at Pylos, a Mycenaean city.
		When the Byzantine Empire broke up (1204), Acarnania passed to the Despotate of Epirus and in 1480 to the Ottoman Turks.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /acarnania.html (154 words)

	Aetolia-Acarnania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The prefecture is a combination of the regions Aetolia and Acarnania.
		Its climate varies from hot summers to mild winters in the low lying areas, cool winters dominate the mountain areas while in the highest elevations, summers are cool and snow and cold weather dominate the winter months in the Panaitoliko.
		Aetolia and Acarnania became a prefecture and merged to form Aetolia-Acarnania.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aitolia-Acarnania (483 words)

	GREECE - LoveToKnow Article on GREECE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		True to their maritime instincts, the Greeks rarely advanced inland to any distance from the sea; the coasts of Macedonia, Thrace and Asia Minor are still mainly Greek, but, except for some isolated colonies, the hinterland in each case lies outside the limits of the race.
		Othrys; highest summit, Hagios Elias, 5558 ft.) separating the plain of Thessaly from the valley of the Spercheios and traversed by the Phourka pass (2789 ft.); to the S.E. is Mount Katflvothra (anc.
		The mountains of Acarnania with T~h1Xi),iopv4n~ (5215 ft.) rise to the W. of the valley of the Aspropotamo (anc.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GR/GREECE.htm (19279 words)

	Acarnania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Acarnania was a region of ancient central western Greece that lay along the Ionian Sea west of Aetolia with the Achelous River for a boundary and north the gulf of Calydon which is the to the Gulf of Corinth.
		The founding tradition of Acarnania was that was founded by a son of the at Pylos a Mycenaean city.
		Roman Policy in Epirus and Acarnania in the Age of the Roman Conquest of Greece (Roman History)
	www.freeglossary.com /Acarnania (95 words)

	Ancient coins of Acarnania
		Acarnania, the country between the Achelous on the east, and the sea on the west, derived its coin-standard from the two flourishing commercial colonies of Corinth—Anactorium and Leucas.
		Before the close of the fifth century the towns of Acarnania formed themselves into a Confederacy, of which Stratus on the Achelous was the chief city.
		Thyrrheium was in late times a place of some importance, and after the separation of Leucas from Acarnania in B.C. 167, it became the chief place of mintage for silver in Acarnania.
	www.snible.org /coins/hn/acarnania.html (1283 words)

	Battle of Naupactus (429 BC) - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ambracia and Chaonia asked Sparta to send a fleet and an army to conquer Acarnania from Athens, which would allow Sparta to attack Naupactus, the Athenian naval base on the Gulf of Corinth.
		The Spartan general Cnemus, with a fleet and 1000 hoplites, ravaged Acarnania, while Phormio and the Athenian fleet waited in the Gulf of Corinth for the Corinthian fleet in case it tried to attack Naupactus.
		Cnedus was defeated at Stratus in Acarnania, while the Corinthian fleet was delayed in the Gulf by Phormio.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Battle_of_Naupactus_%28429_BC%29 (746 words)

	Encyclopedia: Aitolia-Acarnania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aitolia-Acarnania, (Greek: Î‘Î¹ÏÏÎ»Î¿Î±ÎºÎ±ÏÎ½Î±Î½Î¯Î±) also Aetoloacarnania, rarely Aetolia and Acarnania or Aitoloakarnania is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece.
		The prefecture is a combination of Aetolia and Acarnania.
		Naupactus is also a scientific name, see Naupactus (beetle) Nafpaktos, Latin: Naupactus or Naupactos (Italian, Lepanto; modern Greek, Ναύπακτος, rarely Epakto), is a town in the nomarchy of Acarnania and Aetolia, Greece, situated on a bay on the north side of the straits of Lepanto.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Aitolia_Acarnania (1287 words)

	ACARNANIA - LoveToKnow Article on ACARNANIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The country was finally desolated by Augustus, who drafted its inhabitants into Nicopolis and Patrae.
		Acarnania took a prominent part in the national uprising of 1821; it is now joined with Aetolia as a nome.
		The sites of several ancient towns in Acarnania are marked by well-preserved walls, especially those of Stratus, Oeniadae and Limnaea.
	60.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AC/ACARNANIA.htm (312 words)

	Acarnania was a region of ancient ancient central western Greece... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Acarnania was a region of ancient ancient central western Greece...
		"Acarnania" was a region of ancient ancient central western Greece Greece that lay along the Ionian Sea Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia Aetolia, with the Achelous Achelous River for a boundary, and north of the gulf of Calydon Calydon, which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth Gulf of Corinth.
		Roman Policy in Epirus and Acarnania in the Age of the Roman Conquest of Greece
	www.biodatabase.de /Acarnania (179 words)

	Phormio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 430 BC he led the Athenian fleet sent to help Ambracia and Acarnania at the Battle of Potidaea.
		A larger Corinthian and Spartan fleet attempted to attack him again a few days later, and although he lost many of his own ships he forced them to withdraw for a second time.
		After these victories he landed 400 Athenians in Acarnania, engaged in some fighting with the inhabitants, and then returned to Athens in 428 BC.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Phormio (267 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Acarnania
		Acarnania, mountainous, wooded region in the northwestern section of ancient Greece, separated from Epirus on the north by the Ambracian Gulf, from...
		Pátrai, Gulf of, gulf between the Pelopónnesos peninsula and the districts of Aetolia and Acarnania in western Greece, linking the Ionian Sea with...
		Mesolóngion, city, western Greece, capital of Aetolia and Acarnania Department, a seaport on an inlet of the Gulf of Pátrai.
	encarta.msn.com /Acarnania.html (73 words)

	Acarnania -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Corinth founded several colonies on the coast of Acarnania in the 7th and 6th centuries BC.
		Originally a tribal unit, Acarnania developed into a federal state with generals and other magistrates, a council, and an assembly by the late 5th century; its capital...
		It was founded in 31 BC by Octavian (who in 27 BC was to become the Roman emperor Augustus) in commemoration of his victory over Antony and Cleopatra at Actium.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9003467 (381 words)

	Battle of Naupactus (429 BC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ambracia and Chaonia asked Sparta to send a fleet and an army to conquer Acarnania from Athens, which would allow Sparta to attack Naupactus, the Athenian naval base on the Gulf ofCorinth.
		The Spartan general Cnemus, witha fleet and 1000 hoplites, ravaged Acarnania, while Phormio and the Athenian fleetwaited in the Gulf of Corinth for the Corinthian fleet in case it tried to attack Naupactus.
		The Corinthians had 47 ships, commanded by Machaon, Isocrates, and Agatharchidas, and were not prepared to fight a battleagainst Phormio, even though he only had 20 ships, as they were attempting to bring aid and supplies to Cnedus.
	www.therfcc.org /battle-of-naupactus-429-bc--162471.html (717 words)

	Greek Islands : Lefkada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lefkada or Agia Mavra (Saint Mavra) as it was called earlier, is the only island in which you can come in and out for free, during all day, thanks to the floating bridge (over a canal 28m wide) which connects the island with the Greek mainland.
		The island is located near the north west end of Acarnania.
		Old historians noted that, in antiquity, Lefkada was a peninsula of Acarnania (coast of Epirus).
	www.kavi.gr /islandinfos/lefkada.htm (581 words)

	Aetolia and Acarnania -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Achelous River, Aetolia and Acarnania nomós, Greece
		one of the longest rivers in Greece, rising in the Pindus Mountains of central Epirus (Ípiros) and dividing Aetolia from Acarnania.
		It lies along the Patraïkós Gulf on the shore of a large, shallow lagoon, which is partly given over to fish hatcheries.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?eu=3950 (754 words)

	First Macedonian War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Romans also committed themselves to helping the Aetolians conquer Acarnania (the area to the west of Aetolia), an item of obvious interest only to the Aetolians.
		At first the alliance was successful and the Aetolians captured a few towns (though not Acarnania).
		In about 210 the Roman command on the eastern shore of the Adriatic was taken over by P. Sulpicius Galba, who remained inactive.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /macedonian1.htm (524 words)

	Victories of Phormio
		The Athenian admiral Phormio was sent around the Peloponnese to Naupactus, at the entrance of the Gulf of Corinth, where he could obstruct all traffic between Corinth and its colonies in the west, especially Acarnania and Corcyra.
		But the Corinthians and allies had started for Acarnania without any idea of fighting at sea, and with vessels more like transports for carrying soldiers; besides which, they never dreamed of the twenty Athenian ships venturing to engage their forty-seven.
		They slipped from their moorings in the night, but were observed, and were at length compelled to fight in mid passage.
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	ACARNANIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		ACARNANIA, a district of ancient Greece, bounded on the W. by the Ionian Sea, on the N. by the Ambracian Gulf, on the E. and S. by Mt. Thyamus and the Acholous.
		The Echinades islands, off the S.W. coast, are gradually being joined up to the mainland.
		The country was finally desolated by Augustus, who drafted its inhabitants into Nicopoiis and Patrae.
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	Communities of Aitolia-Acarnania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Terpsithea Aitoloacarnania, Greece Terpsithea Thermo Acarnania, Greece Thermo Thirio Tourlida Trianteika Trichoni Trifos Triklino Trikorfo Aitoloakarnania, Greece Trikorfo Valmada Valtio Varetada Vasiliki Antirio, Greece Vasiliki, Ano and Kato Vasilopoulo Aitolia, Greece Vasilopoulo Vatos Aitoloacarnania, Greece Vatos Velvina Vlachomandra Vliziana Vomvokou Vonitsa Voustri Vrouviana
		Chaliki Acarnania, Greece Chaliki Chalkiopouli Chomori Chouni Chrysovergi Chrysovitsa Aitolia, Greece Chrysovitsa Kato Chrysovitsa Dafni Nafpaktos Dafni Dafnias Diasellaki Diplatanos Dokimi Dorvitsia Drimo Drimos Dromitsa
		By convention these features are identified on Lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Bingham crater.
	www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Communities_of_Aitolia-Acarnania (337 words)

	1995 Monte Carlo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Phocis, Mtolia, Acarnania, were by turns occupied by his troops, the country ravaged, and the inhabitants decimated.
		This exception was their brother John, who was infirm, and had outlived his resources and the ability to make a living.
		In truth, if the favour had been granted to the first, it had been refused to the second, and the marquise was specially struck thereby, for M. There was not much difficulty, then, in persuading her to bring a charge of adultery against her husband.
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	Aitolia-Acarnania -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aitolia-Acarnania, (Greek: Αιτωλοακαρνανία) also Aetoloacarnania, rarely Aetolia and Acarnania or Aitoloakarnania is one of the fifty-one (Click link for more info and facts about prefectures of Greece) prefectures of Greece.
		It is located in the western part of (A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil) Greece.
		The prefecture is a combination of (Click link for more info and facts about Aetolia) Aetolia and (Click link for more info and facts about Acarnania) Acarnania.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ai/aitolia-acarnania1.htm (721 words)

	Early Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In Epirus after Macedonian support was withdrawn, a revolution overthrew the royal dynasty in 231 BC, establishing a federal republic and renouncing its claims in Acarnania.
		The Acarnanians declared their independence, but were invaded by the Aetolians and so appealed to Demetrius for help; he recommended the Illyrians, who known for their piracy now turned to conquest, extending their control south to the Corinthian Gulf and even taking Corcyra until they were stopped by the Romans.
		With less funds piracy increased again, though Rhodes fought off Rome's enemy Mithridates VI, and they continued to be a cultural center until Rhodes was devastated by Caesar's murderer Cassius in 43 BC.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /greece-early.htm (1358 words)

	acarnania - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		Acarnania : Columbia Encyclopedia, Six Edition [home, info]
		ACARNANIA : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
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	Acarnania
		Acarnania, region of ancient Greece, between the Achelous River and the Ionian Sea.
		Actium - Actium, promontory, NW Acarnania, Greece, at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf.
		Aetolian League - Aetolian League, confederation centering in the cities of Aetolia.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0802269.html (165 words)

	Thucydides-Passages
		(2.30) The Athenians, in the hundred ships which were still cruising about Peloponnesus, took Sollium, a town belonging to the Corinthians, which they handed over to the Palaereans of Acarnania, giving to them alone of the Acarnanians the right of occupying the city and country.
		They sailed to Astacus, and restored Evarchus; they then tried to gain over certain other towns on the coast of Acarnania; but, failing in their attempt, they proceeded homewards.
		Touching at Cephallenia on their voyage, they made a descent on the country of the Cranians, but being entrapped by means of a pretended agreement, and then unexpectedly attacked, they lost a part of their forces; at length, not without a severe struggle, they put to sea again and returned home.
	classicpersuasion.org /pw/thucydides/thucydides-passages.php?pleaseget=2.30-34 (855 words)

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