Ambracia
Ἀμβρακία | |
 Small theater at Ambracia | |
  Ambracia (Balkans) | |
| Alternative name | Arta |
|---|---|
| Region | Epirus |
| Coordinates | 39°09′29″N 20°59′13″E / 39.158°N 20.987°E |
| Type | City |
| History | |
| Periods | Greek, Roman, Byzantine |
Ambracia (Arachthos (or Aratthus), in the midst of a fertile wooded plain.[1]
History
Ambracia was founded between 650 and 625 BC by Gorgus, son of the Corinthian tyrant
Corcyra (as Ambracia participated on the Corinthian side at the Battle of Sybota, which took place in 433 BC between the rebellious Corinthian colony of Corcyra (modern Corfu) and Corinth).[2]
Ambraciot politics featured many frontier disputes with the
Acarnanians. Hence it took a prominent part in the Peloponnesian War until the crushing defeat at Idomene (426), which crippled its resources.[2]
In the 4th century BC, it continued its traditional policy but in 338 was besieged by
poison gas against the Romans' siege tunnels.[3]
Ambracia was captured and plundered by
Augustus of Nicopolis, into which the remaining inhabitants were drafted, left the site desolate. In Byzantine times a new settlement took its place under the name of Arta. Some fragmentary walls of large, well-dressed blocks near this latter town indicate the early prosperity of Ambracia.[2]
Ambraciotes
Artists
- Epigonus of Ambracia, 6th BC musician
- Nicocles, auletes
- Hippasus, tragic actor
- Epicrates of Ambracia, c. 4th BC comic poet[4]
Athletes
- Sophron, Stadion Olympics 432 BC[5]
- Tlasimachus, Synoris Olympics 296 BC[6]
- Andromachus, Stadion Olympics 60 BC[7]
Various
- Silanus of Ambracia, 5th BC seer
- Cleombrotus of Ambracia, student of Plato[8]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-19-521693-8
- ^ a b c d e Caspari 1911.
- ^ Polybius 21.28
- ^ biographical sketch online.
- ^ Clarke, Adam (1806). "The Bibliographical Miscellany". Google.
- ^ "Tlasimachus". Google Search. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "180th [60 B.C.] - Andromachus of Ambracia - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-7425-0863-7.
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Caspari, Max Otto Bismarck (1911). "Ambracia". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 797–798.
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