{{Short description|None}} {{See also|Epirus (ancient state)}} [[File:Ancient Regions Mainland Greece-es.svg|right|thumb|Epirus in antiquity.]] This is a list of cities in ancient '''[[Epirus]]'''. These were [[Greece|Greek]] [[poleis]], [[komes]] or [[fortresses]] except for [[Nicopolis]], which was founded by [[Octavian]]. Classical Epirus was divided into three regions: [[Chaonia]], [[Molossia]], [[Thesprotia]], each named after the dominant tribe that lived there. A number of ancient settlements in these regions remain unidentified.<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 340">An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 340</ref><ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 353">An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 353</ref>
==Cities== [[File:Epirus antiquus tabula.png|right|thumb|200px|Epirus in antiquity, reproduced from a map made by [[Heinrich Kiepert]], published in 1902.]]
===Chaonia=== *[[Amantia]], main settlement of the [[Amantes (tribe)|Amantes]] *[[Antigonia (Chaonia)]],<ref>The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 7, Part 1: The Hellenistic World by F. W. Walbank, A. E. Astin, M. W. Frederiksen, and R. M. Ogilvie, 1984, Index: "... 183 Anticythera instrument, 336-7 Antigone, wife of Pyrrhus, io6, 107 Antigoneia, as new name of Mantinea, 470, 473 Antigoneia (Epirus), y Ab, 452 Antigoneia (Paeonia), y Ba, ..."</ref> polis founded by [[Pyrrhus of Epirus]] *[[Artichia]],<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 342">An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 342</ref> polis *[[Vlorë|Aulon]], modern-day [[Vlorë]], first attested in the 2nd century AD *[[Baiake]]<ref>An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis by Mogens Herman,{{ISBN|0-19-814099-1}}, 2004, page 339</ref> pre-Hellenistic polis *[[Bouthroton]],<ref>An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis by Mogens Herman,{{ISBN|0-19-814099-1}}, 2004, page 343,"Bouthroton (Bouthrotios)"</ref> [[Chaonians|Chaonian]] polis *[[Cestrine]] or [[Cammania]],<ref name=Bell>{{cite book |title=Place names in classical mythology |last=Bell |first=Robert |year=1989 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn= 9780874365078 |page=78 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CErYAAAAMAAJ&q=cestrine%2Bfiliates}}</ref> modern-day [[Filiates]] *[[Chimaera (Chaonia)]],<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 340"/><ref>Springs and Wells in Greek and Roman Literature: Their Legends and Locations by James Reuel Smith, 2003,{{ISBN|0-7661-8028-X}}, page 263</ref> or [[Chimera (polis)]] [[Chaonians|Chaonian]] polis, modern-day [[Himara]] *[[Hekatompedon]],<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 340"/> pre-Hellenistic polis *[[Olympe]],<ref>An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 347</ref> polis in the region of the [[Amantes (tribe)|Amantes]] *[[Onchesmos]],<ref>Bowden, William. Epirus Vetus: The Archaeology of a Late Antique Province. London: Duckworth, 2003, {{ISBN|0-7156-3116-0}}, p. 14. "Anchiasmos (Onchesmos)"</ref> pre-Hellenistic polis, modern-day [[Saranda]] *[[Orikos]], founded by [[Euboea]]ns<ref>Robin Lane Fox, ''Travelling Heroes: Greeks and Their Myths in the Epic Age of Homer'' (London: Allen Lane, 2008, {{ISBN|978-0-7139-9980-8}}), p. 123.</ref> Euboeans colony *[[Panormos (Epirus)]] or [[Panormus (Epirus)]],<ref>Epirus: the geography, the ancient remains, the history and topography of Epirus and adjacen areas by Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, 1967, page 473</ref> pre-Hellenistic polis *[[Phanoteia]],<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 348">An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 348</ref> polis *[[Phoenice]],<ref>The Hellenistic Age: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles) by Peter Green, 2008, page 80,"... to the conference table, and negotiated their own peace at Phoenice in Epirus (205). ..."</ref> chief polis of the [[Chaonians]], modern-day [[Finiq]] *[[Photike]],<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 340"/> pre-Hellenistic polis, modern-day [[Paramythia]] *[[Thronion (Illyria)|Thronion]],<ref>The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation. An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted, 2005, {{ISBN|0-19-814099-1}}, p. 322. "...expansion of Apollonia is implied in the dedication at Olympia of spoils from the destruction of the Euboian-Lokrian settlement at Thronion."</ref> colony of the [[Euboea]]ns - [[Locrians]]
===Molossia=== *[[Dodona]],<ref>Ambrose (The Early Church Fathers) by Boniface Ramsey, 1997, Back Matter: "... the Gauls when they captured Rome in 390 BC. 100 Dodona was a town in ancient Greece that was famous for its temple and ..."</ref><ref>Potter, John. Archaeologia Graeca or the Antiquities of Greece. Blackie, 1840 (Original from the University of Lausanne), p. 258. "Dodona is by some thought to have been a city of Thessaly; by others it was placed in Epirus; and others, to reconcile these two opinions, will have two Dodonas, one in Thessaly, and another in Epirus. They that place it in Epirus (and that is generally believed to have been the seat of the oracle, whether there was another Dodona in Thessaly or not), are no less divided in their opinions about it; for some of them will have it in Thesprotia, others in Chaonia, or Molossia; but Eustathius has undertaken to decide the controversy, telling us that it did indeed once belong to the Thesprotians, but afterwards fell into the hands of the Molossians; and he is herein confirmed by Strabo."</ref> sanctuary, the second most important oracle in [[ancient Greece]] after [[Delphi]] *[[Eurymenai (Epirus)]],<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 349">An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 349</ref> polis *[[Orraon]],<ref>[http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/bch_0007-4217_1988_num_112_1_1750 dans le secteur proche d'Orraon]</ref> founded 385 BC polis *[[Passaron]],<ref>Rome's Mediterranean Empire Book 41-45 and the Periochae (Oxford World's Classics) (Books 41-45) by Livy and Jane D. Chaplin, 2007, page 195,"... had been made public, Anicius returned to winter quarters at Passaron in Epirus. 27. ..."</ref> polis
===Thesprotia=== *[[Bouneima]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 339">An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 339</ref> pre Hellenistic *[[Korkyra (polis)]]<ref>An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 361</ref> polis *[[Tekmona]] or [[Tekmon]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 349"/> polis *[[Charadros (Epirus)]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 339"/> pre Hellenistic *[[Chyton]] founded<ref>Travels in Northern Greece. In four volumes. Volume 4 by William Martin Leake,{{ISBN|1-4021-6770-9}}, page 76,"name was Chyton, which, according to Ephorus, was a colony settled in Epirus"</ref> by [[Ionians]] from [[Clazomenae|Klazomenai]] *[[Zmaratha]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 349"/> polis *[[Gitanae]]<ref>An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 345</ref> polis *[[Elateia (Epirus)]] founded by [[Elis (city)|Elisians]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005">An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, Index</ref> polis *[[Batiai]] founded by [[Elis (city)|Elisians]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005"/> polis *[[Thesprotia (polis)]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 340"/> pre Hellenistic *[[Trampya]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 340"/> pre Hellenistic *[[Helikranon]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 340"/> pre Hellenistic *[[Ilium (Epirus)]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 340"/> pre Hellenistic *[[Elina (Epirus)]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 340"/> pre Hellenistic *[[Elaias Limen]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 340"/> pre Hellenistic *[[Syvota|Sybota]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 340"/> pre Hellenistic *[[Cheimerion]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 340"/> pre Hellenistic *[[Ephyra (Epirus)]] or [[Kichyro]]s<ref>Anthology Of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation : with Additional Translations by Other Scholars and an Appendix on Linear B sources by Thomas G. Palaima by Stephen Trzaskoma, R. Scott Smith, and Stephen Brunet, 2004, page 44: "... the Calydonians against the Thesprotians. After capturing the city of Ephyra, where King Phylas ruled, he slept with the king’s daughter ..."</ref> founded by [[Chaonians]] in [[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]]'s story of Anthippe<ref>[http://www.theoi.com/Text/Parthenius2.html#32 Parthenius]</ref> polis *[[Oropos (Epirus)]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 340"/> pre Hellenistic *[[Toryne]]<ref>Makers of Rome: Nine Lives (Penguin Classics) by Plutarch and Ian Scott-Kilvert, 1965, page 328,"... the Ionian sea and seizing a town in Epirus named Toryne, the name of which means 'ladle'. ..."</ref> or [[Torone]] polis *[[Pandosia (Epirus)]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005"/> founded by [[Elis (city)|Elisians]] polis *[[Elaea (Epirus)|Elaea]] founded by [[Ancient Corinth|Corinth]]ians<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005"/> polis *[[Bucheta]] founded by [[Elis (city)|Elisians]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005"/> polis *[[Cassope]]<ref>Travels in Northern Greece: Volume 1 by William Martin Leake, 2001, page 252,"... marching from Acarnania into Epirus, pitched his camp near the city Cassopia 3. ..."</ref><ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 346">An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 346</ref> pre Hellenistic *[[Elatria]] founded by [[Elis (city)|Elisians]]<ref>The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 3, Part 3: The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries BC by John Boardman and N. G. L. Hammond, 1982, page 337,"... Eleans planted two other colonies in the same part of Epirus, Elatria and Pandosia. Their colonies were in terrain similar to coastal ..."</ref> *[[Poionos]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 348"/> polis *[[Berenike (Epirus)]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 342"/> polis *[[Kastrosykia]]<ref name="Classical Poleis 2005, page 342"/>
== See also == *[[List of ancient Epirotes]] *[[List of Ancient Greek tribes]] *[[List of ancient Greek cities]] *[[List of ancient Greeks]] *[[List of cities in ancient Acarnania]]
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