{{Short description|Ancient city acropolis site in Epirus}} thumb|upright=1.3|Map of Ancient Greek region of Epirus right|thumb|200px|Epirus in antiquity '''Passaron''' ({{langx|el|Πασσαρών}}) was an ancient Greek city of ancient Epirus.<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> It was founded by the Molossian king Tharrhypas sometime between 420 and 400 BCE as the capital of the Molossian kingdom.<ref>A. Vlachopoulou Economou, Ancient Passaron, Website of the Archeological Society in Athens</ref> As capital, the Molossian kings and the assembled people were accustomed to take mutual oaths, the one to govern according to the laws, the other to defend the kingdom.<ref>Plutarch ''Pyrrh.'' 5.</ref> Later, in 330 BCE, it became the capital of the newfound united kingdom of Epirus until 295 BCE, when Pyrrhus of Epirus moved the capital to Amvrakia. The town was taken by the Roman praetor Lucius Anicius Gallus in 167 BCE.<ref>{{Cite Livy|45.26, 45.33-34.}}</ref>
Its site is located near the modern Rodotopi in the municipal unit of Pasaronas ({{langx|el|Πασαρώνας}}) in the Ioannina regional unit, in Greece.<ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=54}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|31621}}</ref>
==See also== *List of cities in ancient Epirus *Dodona *Ambracia *Chaonia *Olympias
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Category:Cities in ancient Epirus Category:Former populated places in Greece Category:Populated places in ancient Epirus
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