Metropolis ( Ancient Greek: Μητρόπολις) was a town in the interior of ancient Acarnania, south of Stratus, and on the road from the latter place to Conope in Aetolia. [1] At a later time it fell into the hands of the Aetolians, but was taken and burned by Philip V of Macedon in his expedition against the Aetolians, 219 BCE. [2] It is mentioned as one of the towns of Acarnania, in a Greek inscription found at Actium, the date of which is probably prior to the time of Augustus. [3]
Its site is located near the modern Rigani. [4] [5]
References
- ^ Steph. B., Ethnika, s.v.
- ^ Polybius 4.64.
- ^ August Böckh, Corpus Inscript., No. 1793
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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38°35′28″N 21°13′48″E / 38.591°N 21.2301°E
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