Panormos (Epirus)

For other places with the same name, see Panormos.
Epirus in antiquity

Panormos was an ancient Greek harbor settlement mentioned by the geographer Ptolemy (3.13.2), in Chaonia in ancient Epirus, possibly located at Porto Palermo south of Himare, Albania [1] Borsh, Albania has also been suggested as a possible site. Other harbor settlements existed with the same name in Achaia and Ionia, as well as in Sicily, modern Palermo.

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References

  1. ↑ http://press.princeton.edu/B_ATLAS/BATL049_.pdf|Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, Map 49 Illyricum, page 754.
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