Ithoria
Ancient city · Greece
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 38.489, 21.287
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient town of Aetolia
History
Ithoria was a town of ancient Aetolia, near the Achelous River, and a short distance south of Conope. It was situated at the entrance of a pass, and was strongly fortified both by nature and by art. It was taken by Philip V of Macedon and levelled to the ground in 219 BCE.