Heraclea (Acarnania)

Coordinates: 38°54′00″N 20°56′09″E / 38.900074°N 20.935709°E / 38.900074; 20.935709

Acarnania in antiquity

Heraclea, Heracleia, or Herakleia (Greek: Ἡράκλεια or Ἑράκλεα) was an ancient Greek city located in the region of Acarnania.^[1] It was founded by Phillip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, in the 4th century BCE.^[1] It appears in the list of cities of Acarnania transmitted by Pliny the Elder, who places it near the city of Echinus.^[2] Stephanus of Byzantium also mentions the town in his Ethnica.^[3] Heraclea is tentatively located near modern .^[4]^[5]

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^ ^a ^b Hansen & Nielsen 2004, p. 359.
^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.5.
^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v Ἡράκλεια.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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Hansen, Mogens Herman; Nielsen, Thomas Heine (2004). An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198140991.

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[Poleis-1] Hansen & Nielsen 2004, p. 359.

[2] Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.5.

[3] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v Ἡράκλεια.

[4] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying.

[5] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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Heraclea (Acarnania)

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