GULF OF See also:

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

ARTA (anc. Sinus Ambracius)  , an inlet of 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, 25 M. See also:

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

long and ro broad, most of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern shores of which belong to See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey, the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern and eastern to See also:

• GREECE

Greece . Its only important affluent, besides the See also:

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

Arta, is the Luro (anc . Chandra), also from the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north . The gulf abounds with mullets, soles and eels . Around its shores are numerous ruins of See also:

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

ancient cities: See also:

• ACTIUM (mod. Punta)

Actium at the entrance, where the famous See also:

• BATTLE

battle was fought in 31 B.c.; See also:

• NICOPOLIS, or ACTIA NICOPOLIS

Nicopolis, See also:

• ARGOS

Argos, Limnaea and Olpae; and several flourishing towns, such as See also:

• PREVEZA, or PREVESA

Preveza, Arta (anc . See also:

• AMBRACIA (more correctly AMPRACIA)

Ambracia), Karavasara or Karbasaras, and Vonitza . The See also:

• RIVER

river ARTA (anc . Arachthus or Aratthus, in See also:

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

Livy xxxviii . 3, Aretho) is the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief river of See also:

• EPIRUS, or EPEIRUS

Epirus, and is said to have been navigable in ancient times as far as Ambracia . Below this See also:

• TOWN

town it flows through a marshy See also:

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

plain, consisting mainly of its own See also:

• ALLUVIUM

alluvium; its upper course is through the territory of the Molossians; its See also:

• TOTAL

total length is about 8o m .