Thyrreion

Thyrreion (Greek: Θύρρειον) was an ancient Greek city in Acarnania.[1] When Acarnania allied itself with Philip V of Macedon against Rome in 200 BC, although it lost Leucas because of this, and the city of Thyrreion was anointed as its new capital.

Epirus in antiquity

References

  1. Encyclopedia of ancient Greece by Nigel Guy Wilson,2006,ISBN 0-415-97334-1,page 4

See also


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