ACARNANIA  , a See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• GREECE

Greece, bounded on the W. by the Ionian See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, on the N. by the Ambracian Gulf, on the E. and S. by Mt . Thyamus and the See also:

• ACHELOUS (mod. Aspropotamo, " white river ")

Achelous . The Echinades islands, off the S.W. See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, are gradually being joined up to the mainland . Its most populous region was the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of the Achelous, commanded by the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• TOWN

town Stratus; communication with the coast was impeded by See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain ridges and lagoons . Its See also:

• PEOPLE

people See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long continued in semi-barbarism, having little intercourse with the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of Greece . In the 5th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C. with the aid of See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens they subdued the Corinthian factories on their coast . In 391 they submitted to the Spartan See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king Agesilaus; in 371 they passed under Theban See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control . In the Hellenistic See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age the Acarnanians were constantly assailed by their Aetolian neighbours . On the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of See also:

• CASSANDER (c. 350—297 B.C.)
• CASSANDER (or CASSANT), GEORGE (1513-1566)

Cassander they made effective their ancient cantonal See also:

• LEAGUE

league, apparently after the See also:

• PATTERN

pattern of See also:

• AETOLIA

Aetolia . In the 3rd century they obtained assistance from the Illyrians, and formed a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip V. of See also:

• MACEDONIA

Macedonia, whom they supported in his See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• WARS

wars, their new federal See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, Leucas, See also:

• STANDING

standing a See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege in his See also:

• INTEREST

interest . For their sympathy with his successor See also:

• PERSEUS

Perseus they were deprived of Leucas and required to send hostages to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome (167) . The See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country was finally desolated by See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, who drafted its inhabitants into See also:

• NICOPOLIS, or ACTIA NICOPOLIS

Nicopolis and Patrae .

Acarnania took a prominent See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• NATIONAL

national uprising of 1821; it is now joined with Aetolia as a See also:

• NOME

nome . The sites of several ancient towns in Acarnania are marked by well-preserved walls, especially those of Stratus, Oeniadae and Limnaea .