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	Ambracia - LoveToKnow 1911
		The early policy of Ambracia was determined by its loyalty to Corinth (for which it probably served as an entrepot in the Epirus trade), its consequent aversion to Corcyra, and its frontier disputes with the Amphilochians and Acarnanians.
		After forty-three years of autonomy under Macedonian suzerainty it became the capital of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, who adorned it with palace, temples and theatres.
		During the struggle of the Aetolians against Rome it stood a stubborn siege.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Ambracia (281 words)

	Ambracia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ambracia (more correctly Ampracia) was an ancient Corinthian colony, situated about 7 miles from the Ambracian Gulf in Greece, on a bend of the navigable river Aracthus (or Aratthus), in the midst of a fertile wooded plain.
		Hence it took a prominent part in the Peloponnesian War until the crushing defeat at Idomene (426) crippled its resources.
		In the wars of Philip V of Macedon and the Epirotes against the Aetolian league (220-205) Ambracia passed from one alliance to the other, but ultimately joined the latter confederacy.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/am/Ambracia.html (267 words)

	Arta
		In fact, the bottom part of the wall consists of the cyclopean stones of ancient Ambracia, and the top part is built from smaller stones in Byzantine style.
		The city of Arta is built on the ruins of ancient Ambracia, and its history spans all the way to prehistoric life of ancient Arvanitis or Albanians.
		Ambracia was named after the legendary Amazani son of Melaneus and Oechalia.
	www.geocities.com /arvaniti_alba/Arta.html (1439 words)

	Fortification Walls of Ancient Ambracia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		nly a few fragments of the wall that surrounded the ancient city of Ambracia are visible nowadays.
		The wall is made of two rows of stones filled with rubble, and followed the course of the river Arachthus.
		The external face is very carefully built with large, impressive square blocks (preserved up to a height of 1.5 m.); the superstructure was built of unbaked bricks.
	www.culture.gr /2/21/211/21112n/e211ln04.html (64 words)

	Marcus Fulvius Nobilior - LoveToKnow 1911
		On his return to Rome, Nobilior celebrated a triumph (of which full details are given by Livy) remarkable for the magnificence of the spoils exhibited.
		On his Aetolian campaign he was accompanied by the poet Ennius, who made the capture of Ambracia, at which he was present, the subject of one of his plays.
		For this Nobilior was bitterly attacked by Cato the Censor, on the ground that he had compromised his dignity as a Roman general.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Marcus_Fulvius_Nobilior (192 words)

	Ambracia: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		...Ambracia Ambracia Ambracia (more correctly Ampracia) was an ancient Corinthian...7 miles from the Ambracian Gulf in Greece, on a bend of the navigable river Aracthus (or...
		Corinthian colonies Ambracia Initial text from Easton 's Bible Dictionary, 1897 -- Please update as...
		He was powerful enough to impose these measures because he had just...
	www.encyclopedian.com /am/Ambracia.html (385 words)

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		AMBRACIA (more correctly AMPRACIA), an ancient Corinthian colony, situated about 7 M. from the Ambracian Gulf, on a bend of the navigable river Aracthus (or Aratthus), in the midst of a fertile wooded plain.
		The early policy of Ambracia was determined by its loyalty to Corinth (for which it probably served as an entrepot in the Epirus trade), its consequent aversion tq Corcyra, and its frontier disputes with the Amphilochians and Acarnanians.
		In Byzantine times a new settlement took its place AMBRACIA under the name of Arta (q.v.).
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=2694&locale=en (309 words)

	Livy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ambracia lies at the foot of a rugged eminence which the natives call Perranthes.
		Their first intention was to march thither with all their forces and raise the siege, but when they found that a great part of the city was already invested and that the Epirot camp was fixed on the level ground the other side the river, they divided their forces.
		The statues in bronze and marble and the paintings with which Ambracia, as the royal residence of Pyrrhus, had been more richly adorned than any other city in that part of the world were all carried away, but beyond these nothing was injured or interfered with.
	www.history-world.org /scipiotrail.htm (20387 words)

	macancepe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		North-west area of Greece, from Acroceraunian point to Nicopolis, with harbours at Buthrotum and Glycys Limen (at Acheron's mouth); bordered on south by gulf of Ambracia, and on east by Pindus range with pass via Metsovo to Thessaly.
		Known in the 'Iliad' only for the oracle of Dodona, and to Herodotus for the oracle of the dead at Ephyra, Epirus received Hellenic influence from the Elean colonies in Cassopaea and the Corinthian colonies at Ambracia and Corcyra, and the oracle of Dodona drew pilgrims from northern and central Greece especially.
		The most lasting of his achievements were the conquest of southern Illyria, the development of Ambracia as his capital, and the building of fortifications and theaters, especially the large one at Dodona.
	www.ucc.ie /staff/jprodr/macedonia/epeanchis.html (447 words)

	Detail Page
		Ambracia soon came into conflict with its non-Corinthian Greek neighbors in Acarnania and Amphilochia.
		Ambracia was occupied by troops of the Macedonian king Philip II.
		As a member of the Aetolian League, Ambracia was besieged and captured by the Romans in 189
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=GRE0043 (144 words)

	myErasmus.com - The Website for European exchange students. Socrates Erasmus, Minerva, Leonardo, Tempus ...
		The city of Arta is built on the ruins of ancient Ambracia, and its history spans eons of diverse influences and foreign occupations.
		The rich fishing estuaries of the Ambracian gulf, the fertile grounds of the valley, and an active merchant and agricultural community provide the backbone of the local economy.
		A walk through the city will reveal a number of archaeological sites (such as the small Ambracian Theater, and the temple of Apollo) that are sprinkled throughout as well as numerous Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman empire monuments, most prominent of which is the stone wall that protected the city from invaders since ancient times.
	www.myerasmus.com /web/ciudades/ciudades.php?idCiudad=616 (718 words)

	Battle of Olpae Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Battle of Olpae was a battle of the Peloponnesian War in 426 BC, between armies led by Athens and Sparta.
		Meanwhile, Demosthenes learned that a second army from Ambracia was marching towards Olpae.
		Although Demosthenes could have easily taken Ambracia, he did not, and the Acarnanians and Amphilochians signed a 100-year peace treaty with them.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_olpae.html (463 words)

	Geographia: Mainland Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Epeirus can be divided into Thesprotia in the south with Ephyra as its major city, while Ambracia was also southern region of Epeirus and occupying the north coast of the Ambracian Gulf.
		Ambracia was a city of the region also called Ambracia.
		Ambracia was the major port in the Ambracian Gulf.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/mainland.html (2741 words)

	The Small Theatre of Ambracia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		he theatre lies in the centre of ancient Ambracia, at a small distance from the late Archaic temple of Apollo and is built on an artificial slope.
		The orchestra, parts of the cavea and the parodoi, and the western part of the stylobate of the proscenium, have been uncovered.
		The excavation is going to be continued in the future.
	www.culture.gr /2/21/211/21112n/e211ln03.html (86 words)

	Dictionary: Althepus to Antilochus, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		After her the city Ambracia in Epirus was named.
		Ambracia was daughter of Melaneus 5, son of Apollo, and of Oechalia [Lib.Met.4; Pau.4.3.10, 4.33.5].
		Ambrax was King of Ambracia when the exiled Aeneas came to the city.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/001ShortEntries/SEAlthepus.html (4837 words)

	Amazon.com: "Gulf of Ambracia": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The fleet meanwhile was sent farther north to the Gulf of Ambracia,...
		The north-west Greeks occupied a large area, extending in the west from the Gulf of Ambracia to the Gulf of Oricum and in the east to an imaginary line from the upper Achelous valley to the...
		The two sides clashed in the Adriatic on September 2, 31, at the entrance to the Gulf of Ambracia, at Actium, below a promontory dominated by a temple to Apollo.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Gulf-of-Ambracia (573 words)

	Ambracia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ambracia in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum...
		Ambracia (): colonia de Corinto situada al manjar y alimento siendo luego la capital de Pirro.
		Ambracia tumulo aspero flumen, occidentem, arx, Perranthem incolae uocant.
	ambraciacglw.ceitkonbxe.info (465 words)

	The Peloponnesian War -- Chapter 11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Indeed, this was by far the greatest disaster that befell any one Hellenic city in an equal number of days during this war; and I have not set down the number of the dead, because the amount stated seems so out of proportion to the size of the city as to be incredible.
		In any case I know that if the Acarnanians and Amphilochians had wished to take Ambracia as the Athenians and Demosthenes advised, they would have done so without a blow; as it was, they feared that if the Athenians had it they would be worse neighbours to them than the present.
		After this the Corinthians sent a garrison of their own citizens to Ambracia, composed of three hundred heavy infantry, under the command of Xenocleides, son of Euthycles, who reached their destination after a difficult journey across the continent.
	www.litrix.com /pelop/pelop011.htm (3725 words)

	corinthia - NumisWiki, The Collaborative Numismatics Project
		B.C. Of the above cities which adopted the Corinthian stater, Anactorium, Leucas, and perhaps Ambracia appear to be the only ones which did so before the close of the fifth century, for of these towns alone, in addition to Corinth, are staters extant of the transitional and early fine style.
		Epidamnus, Argos-Amphilochicum, and Alyzia followed their example at a somewhat later period, but it was not until after the middle of the fourth century that the Corinthian stater came into general use in the western parts of Greece, in Bruttium, and in Sicily.
		From this time until the middle of the third century the Pegasos staters continued to be issued in large quantities, chiefly, it is to be inferred, for the purposes of trade with Italy and Sicily, where the largest finds of this class of coin have been brought to light.
	www.forumancientcoins.com /NumisWiki/view.asp?key=corinthia (2420 words)

	ARTA - location information in (GTP) Greek Travel Pages
		Funerary stele found on the tomb of Damon, son of Alexion, in the west cemetery of ancient Ambracia.
		It was found during the excavation of a house at ancient Ambracia.
		Dated to the 2nd century B.C. Inscribed pedimental stele from the temple of Apollo in ancient Ambracia.
	www.gtp.gr /LocpageInform.asp?id=2083 (838 words)

	Two Heroes, A God, and The Mighty Joxer 1
		Hera refused to sleep with Zeus for a month, and the God, having just made his peace with her, was not a happy man. So, in punishment, he stripped Ares of his powers, and gave him to Herc and Iolaus to do with as they pleased for a while.
		Ares refused at first, until a lightning bolt from his father hit him on the ass and he was reminded that he was to do whatever his brother and Iolaus said.
		So he bitched and grumbled, but picked up their stuff, and off they were to Ambracia.
	members.tripod.com /iolausslut/joxer1.html (1179 words)

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		It is situated on the left bank of the Arakhthos River north of the Gulf of Arta.
		The modern city stands on the site of Ambracia, an ancient Corinthian colony and the capital (from 294 BC) of Pyrhus, king of Epirus.
		To commemorate his victory (31 BC) over Mark Antony at Actium, Octavian (later Augustus) founded the new town of Nicopolis Actia a few miles away; as a result, Ambracia declined.
	www.grecian.net /GREECE/epirus/arta/arta.htm (473 words)

	Livy's History of Rome
		[38.4]Induced by these considerations the consul advanced through Epirus, but when he came to Ambracia he saw that its siege would be a serious undertaking.
		[38.8]Whilst this was the state of things in Ambracia, the Aetolians decided to open negotiations with the consul.
		[38.10]The consul left Ambracia for the interior of Aetolia and fixed his camp at Amphilochian Argos, twenty-two miles distant from Ambracia.
	mcadams.posc.mu.edu /txt/ah/Livy/Livy38.html (20729 words)

	Amazon.com: Ambracia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The "colts" of Ambracia, (Numismatic notes and monographs) by Oscar Ravel (Unknown Binding - 1928)
		in north-west Greece, for instance Ambracia, or in the northern Aegean,...
		of the Greek town of Ambracia in 189 BC is of...
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Ambracia&tag=bizkitt-21&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1 (1020 words)

	Sceptre of Fate, Chapter Three (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Their first objective was Ambracia, a small kingdom west of Thessalia and the Pindus Mountain Range.
		From what was said at these meetings, Ambracia was not considered strategically important.
		As I wrote her words, I felt hopeful that this would be settled without bloodshed.
	dragonsquillandink.net /fan_fiction/sofch3.html (3234 words)

	AMBRACIA (plus correct... - Article en ligne de l'information environ AMBRACIA (plus correct...
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		Ambracia a été déterminée par sa fidélité à See also:
		Philippes, Filips hollandais, et, avec la chute du s, de lui Filippo, de la vue finals Philippe, Ger.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /fr/ALM_ANC/AMBRACIA_plus_correctement_AMPR.html (778 words)

	ambracia - OneLook Dictionary Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "ambracia" is defined.
		Ambracia : Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [home, info]
		AMBRACIA : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=ambracia (86 words)

	Livius Picture Archive: the battle of Actium (31 BCE)
		Antony's plan was to cross to Italy, but his advance was halted when Octavian sailed to the east with about 100 ships and landed in Illyricum, which he had pacified in the preceding years.
		He now marched to the south with some 30,000 legionaries, and established a bridgehead at the Gulf of Ambracia, immediately north of the entrance...
		In the meantime, Antony had reached the entrance of the Gulf of Ambracia too, hoping that Octavian would offer battle, which he refused.
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