Limnaea (Acarnania)

38°51′49″N 21°10′01″E / 38.86357°N 21.167049°E / 38.86357; 21.167049 Limnaea or Limnaia (

Argos Amphilochicum to Stratos.^[1] Philip III of Macedon disembarked at Limnaea, when about to invade Aetolia.^[2]

The site of Limnaea is at a site called

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

^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 2.80, 3.105.
^ Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 5.5.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9
.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Limnaea". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

External links

http://ancient-greece.org/images/ancient-sites/ancient-limnaia/ancient-limnaia.html

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[1] Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 2.80, 3.105.

[2] Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 5.5.

[3] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

[4] ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9
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