See also:

• AMBRACIA (more correctly AMPRACIA)

AMBRACIA (more correctly AMPRACIA)  , an See also:

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

ancient Corinthian See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, situated about 7 M. from the Ambracian Gulf, on a See also:

• BEND

bend of the navigable See also:

• RIVER

river Aracthus (or Aratthus), in the midst of a fertile wooded See also:

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

plain . It was founded between 65o and 625_ B.c. by Gorgus, son of the Corinthian See also:

• TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

tyrant Cypselus . After the See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of Gorgus's son See also:

• PERIANDER (Gr. IIepiavSpos)

Periander its See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed into a strong See also:

• DEMOCRACY (Gr. 3np.oKparia, from S)µos, the people, i.e. the commons, and Kparos, rule)

democracy . The See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early policy of See also:

• AMBRACIA (more correctly AMPRACIA)

Ambracia was determined by its See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty to See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth (for which it probably served as an See also:

• ENTREPOT (a French word, from the Lat. interpositum, that which is placed between)

entrepot in the See also:

• EPIRUS, or EPEIRUS

Epirus See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade), its consequent aversion tq Corcyra, and its frontier disputes with the Amphilochians and Acarnanians . Hence it took a prominent See also:

• PART

part in the Peloponnesian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War until the crushing defeat at Idomene (426) crippled its resources . In the 4th See also:

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

century it continued its traditional policy, but in 338 surrendered to 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 II. of Macedon . After See also:

• FORTY

forty-three years of See also:

• AUTONOMY (Gr. abr6s, self, and v6pos, law)

autonomy under Macedonian See also:

• SUZERAINTY

suzerainty it became the See also:

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

capital of See also:

• PYRRHUS (c. 318–272 B.C.)

Pyrrhus, 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 of Epirus, who adorned it with See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, temples and theatres . In the . See also:

• WARS

wars of Philip V. of Macedon and the Epirotes against the Aetolian See also:

• LEAGUE

league (220--2o5) Ambracia passed from one See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance to the other, but ultimately joined the latter confederacy . During the struggle of the Aetolians against See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome it stood a stubborn See also:

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

siege . After its See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture and See also:

• PLUNDER

plunder by M . Fulvius See also:

• NOBILIOR, MARCUS FULVIUS

Nobilior in 189, it See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into insignificance . The See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation by See also:

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

Augustus of See also:

• NICOPOLIS, or ACTIA NICOPOLIS

Nicopolis (q.v.), into which the remaining inhabitants were drafted, See also:

• LEFT

left the site desolate ..

In See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine times a new See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement took its See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place AMBRACIA under the name of See also:

• ARTA (Narda, i.e. iv "Ap&a, or Zarta, i,e. eis "Apra)
• ARTA, GULF OF (anc. Sinus Ambracius)

Arta (q.v.) . Some fragmentary walls of large, well-dressed blocks near this latter See also:

• TOWN

town indicate the early prosperity of Ambracia . AUTnoRIT1Es.-See also:

• THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

Thucydides ii . 68-iii . 114; See also:

• ARISTOTLE
• ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle, Politics, 1303a sqq . ; See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo p . 325; See also:

• POLYBIUS (c. 204–122 B.C.)

Polybius xxii . 9-13; See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy xxxviii . 3-9; G . See also:

• WOLFE, CHARLES (1791-1823)
• WOLFE, JAMES (1727-1759)

Wolfe, See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

Geographical Society (See also:

• LONDON

London), iii . (1833) pp . 77-94; E .

Oberhummer, Akarnanien, Ambrakien, &c. See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im Altertum (See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, 1887) . (M` . O . B .