The corinthian colonies around the Ambracian Gulf from the time of their foundation to the era of Philip II
Abstract
The corinthian colonies around the Ambracian Gulf, Ambracia, Leucas, Anactorion, and Sollion are included in NW Greece. The Corinthians had been especially interested in this vast region, even before the era of colonization. Ambracia, modern Arta, was founded N of the Ambracian Gulf, next to the bed of river Arachthos. Leucas was built at the homonymous peninsula of Acarnania, S of the modern town, and Anactorion at the modern bay of St. Peter at NW Acarnania, including the shrine of Apollon Actius. Cypselus' intention to maintain the communication and secure the transportation of products towards the Illyrian north and west interprets the colonization. These poleis had no great population and their territory was constricted. During the archaic era they are politically and economically dependent on their mother city. Around the end of the 6th cent. B.C. Ambracia turns to be a regional power and imposes its hegemony on the northern epirotic and macedonian ethne. Leucas constructs ports ...
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