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Anactorium
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Anactorium

Ancient city · Greece

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
38.921, 20.843
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient town of Acarnania, Greece

History

Anactorium or Anaktorion was a town in ancient Acarnania, situated on a promontory on the Ambraciot Gulf. On entering the Ambraciot Gulf from the Ionian Sea it was the first town in Acarnania after Actium, from which it was distant 40 stadia, and which was in the territory of Anactorium. This town was for some time one of the most important places in this part of Greece.

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