The Ambracian Gulf, also known as the Gulf of Arta or the Gulf of Actium, and in some official documents as the Amvrakikos Gulf (Greek: Αμβρακικός κόλπος...
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Ambracia (redirect from Ambracians)
Corinthians in 625 BC and was situated about 11 km (7 mi) from the Ambracian Gulf, on a bend of the navigable river Arachthos (or Aratthus), in the midst...
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Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. It is situated at the southeastern shore of the Ambracian Gulf, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northwest of the town Amfilochia. The community...
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Aktio-Vonitsa. The beach town is situated on the south coast of the Ambracian Gulf, and is dominated by a Venetian fortress on a hill. Vonitsa is 13 kilometres...
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the Ambracian Gulf, and his land forces encamped near the promontory of Actium, while the opposite side of the narrow strait into the Ambracian Gulf was...
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northwestern Greece, located on the northern peninsula of the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. It is the capital of the regional unit of Preveza, which is the southern...
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the Bay of Vlorë and the Acroceraunian Mountains in the north to the Ambracian Gulf and the ruined Roman city of Nicopolis in the south. It is currently...
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across the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf in western Greece. It links Epirus and the city of Preveza on the north shore of the gulf with the cape of Aktio...
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Karvasaras (Καρβασαράς; from caravanserai). Amfilochia is situated by the Ambracian Gulf and features an amphitheatre. Amfilochia dates back to the ancient times...
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spring of 31 BC they had moved to Actium, on the southern side of the Ambracian Gulf. Cleopatra and Antony had the support of various allied kings, but Cleopatra...
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Ionian Sea Gulf of Taranto Straits of Corfu Ambracian Gulf Gulf of Patras Gulf of Corinth Gulf of Kyparissia Messenian Gulf Laconian Gulf Aegean Sea Myrtoan...
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Amfilochia, forms the European route E951. It passes on the east side of the Ambracian Gulf. In the future much of the traffic that used this road will be diverted...
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Ionian Sea (section Gulfs and straits)
Messina, W Gulf of Catania, W Gulf of Augusta, W Gulf of Taranto, NW Gulf of Squillace, NW Ambracian Gulf, E Gulf of Patras, connecting the Gulf of Corinth...
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southern part of Luzon Ambracian Gulf, of the Ionian Sea in northwestern Greece Amundsen Gulf, in the Arctic Ocean, northwest of Canada Gulf of Aqaba, in the...
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Along the way he found on the map Cape Skilla (at the entrance to the Ambracian Gulf) and other names that implied traditional links with the Odyssey. Severin...
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connected with their neighbors, the Agraeans and Amphilochians on the Ambracian Gulf, who were barbarian or non-Hellenic nations. Like other rude mountaineers...
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of Preveza. The regional unit of Preveza is located northwest of the Ambracian Gulf. The Ionian Sea lies to the west. The terrain is mostly hilly. The mountains...
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navy the Genoese Andrea Doria managed to trap Barbarossa's navy in the Ambracian Gulf. This was to Barbarossa's advantage however as he was supported by the...
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(1759). Whilst in Italy, he designed and published a detailed map of the Ambracian Gulf and the island of Lefkas in northwestern Greece. His father left him...
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French and Greeks were massacred in Preveza and at Port Salaora on the Ambracian Gulf. Many prisoners who survived the massacre died from the hardships on...
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northwestern Greece Arta (regional unit), Greece Ambracian Gulf, also known as the Gulf of Arta, a gulf of the Ionian Sea Arta, Azerbaijan, a village and...
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Cleopatra. Following their defeat in the naval Battle of Actium at the Ambracian Gulf of Greece in 31 BC, Cleopatra and Antony retreated to Egypt to recuperate...
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and by the spring of 31 BC, they moved to Actium along the southern Ambracian Gulf. With this position, Cleopatra had the defense of Egypt in mind, as...
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Aetolians seized Ambracia, Amphilochia, and the remaining land north of the Ambracian Gulf. The new Epirote capital was therefore established at Phoenice, the...
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Thesprotia. The ancient theatre in Dodona Pindus mountains Acheron river Ambracian Gulf of Preveza Metsovo Aristi village in Zagori, example of Epirotic architecture...
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on the coast of southwest Epirus. Thesprotis stretched between the Ambracian Gulf in the south to the River Thyamis (modern-day Kalamas) in the north...
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The surviving population was displaced to the marshlands around the Ambracian Gulf, and the town's population was estimated to have drastically fallen...
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magnificent and remote site on a high platform overlooking the sea, the Ambracian Gulf and the fertile lands to the south, and with the slopes of the Zalongo...
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former realm and to have eventually settled the territory along the Ambracian Gulf which became known as Amphilochia in his honor. Its capital was a second...
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the town of Arta. The regional unit of Arta is located north of the Ambracian Gulf. The main mountain ranges are the Athamanika in the northeast, the Pindus...
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