# Passaron

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{{Short description|Ancient city acropolis site in Epirus}}
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'''Passaron''' ({{langx|el|Πασσαρών}}) was an ancient Greek city of [ancient Epirus](/source/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](/source/Tharrhypas) sometime between 420 and 400&nbsp;BCE as the capital of the [Molossian kingdom](/source/Molossians).<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](/source/Plutarch) ''Pyrrh.'' 5.</ref> Later, in 330&nbsp;BCE, it became the capital of the newfound united [kingdom of Epirus](/source/Epirus_(ancient_state)) until 295&nbsp;BCE, when [Pyrrhus of Epirus](/source/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus) moved the capital to [Amvrakia](/source/Amvrakia). The town was taken by the [Roman](/source/ancient_Rome) [praetor](/source/praetor) [Lucius Anicius Gallus](/source/Lucius_Anicius_Gallus) in 167&nbsp;BCE.<ref>{{Cite Livy|45.26, 45.33-34.}}</ref>

Its site is located near the modern [Rodotopi](/source/Rodotopi) in the municipal unit of [Pasaronas](/source/Pasaronas) ({{langx|el|Πασαρώνας}}) in the [Ioannina regional unit](/source/Ioannina_(regional_unit)), in [Greece](/source/Greece).<ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=54}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|31621}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of cities in ancient Epirus](/source/List_of_cities_in_ancient_Epirus)
*[Dodona](/source/Dodona)
*[Ambracia](/source/Ambracia)
*[Chaonia](/source/Chaonia)
*[Olympias](/source/Olympias)

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