Limnaea (Acarnania)

{{Short description|Ancient city of Acarnania, Greece}} {{coord|38.86357|N|21.167049|E|display=title|format=dms|source:http://dare.ht.lu.se/places/22788.html}} '''Limnaea''' or '''Limnaia''' ({{langx|grc|Λιμναία}}) was a city in [[ancient Acarnania]] at the southeast corner of the [[Ambraciot Gulf]], on the very frontier of Acarnania towards [[Aetolia]]. It site is near the modern town of [[Amphilochia]]. [[Thucydides]] said that Limnaea lay on the road from [[Ambracia]] and [[Argos Amphilochicum]] to [[Stratos, Greece|Stratos]].<ref>{{Cite Thucydides|2.80, 3.105}}</ref> [[Philip III of Macedon]] disembarked at Limnaea, when about to invade Aetolia.<ref>{{Cite Polybius|5.5}}</ref>

The site of Limnaea is at a site called [[Karavassaras]], within the bounds of the town of Amphilochia.<ref>{{Cite DARE|22788}}</ref><ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=54}}</ref> The fortified hill commands the strategic passage that connects [[Ambracia]] and [[Epirus]] to ancient [[Stratos, Greece|Stratos]], [[Agrinion]] and the rest of [[Aetolia]] and [[Acarnania]]. The site today is largely abandoned and open for visits through a rough, and very precarious, concrete road. The ancient wall is visible all around the small church atop the hill in scattered ruins.

==References== {{reflist}} {{DGRG|title=Limnaea}}

==External links== * http://ancient-greece.org/images/ancient-sites/ancient-limnaia/ancient-limnaia.html

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