Naupactus

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Naupactus was an ancient Greek port city of strategic importance on the Corinthian Gulf, historically associated with the region of Locris.

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Naupactus canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city
port city
ancientNameInGreek Nafpaktos
surface form: Ναύπακτος
associatedWith Locrians
surface form: Ozolian Locrians
country Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
culturalSphere Hellenic world
function commercial port
naval station
geographicalContext north shore of the Corinthian Gulf
hasStrategicImportance control of access between the Corinthian Gulf and the wider Ionian Sea
naval operations in western Greece
hasType coastal settlement
harbor town
historicalRegionAssociation Aetolia
Locris
knownFor good harbor
strategic port position
languageUsed Ancient Greek
locatedIn Aetolia
surface form: Locris

Locris
surface form: Ozolian Locris
locatedNear entrance of the Corinthian Gulf
locatedOn Corinthian Gulf
modernSuccessor Nafpaktos
nameEtymology traditionally derived from Greek words for "ship" (naus) and "to build" (pēgnymi)
nearbyWaterBody Gulf of Patras
oppositeCoast northern Peloponnese
partOf Greek world of classical antiquity
region central Greece
strategicImportanceFor Greek city-states engaged in western Greek affairs
control of approaches to the Isthmus of Corinth
strategicRole control of maritime routes into central Greece
control of shipping in the Corinthian Gulf
timePeriod Hellenistic period
Roman period
classical antiquity
usedAs military stronghold
naval base

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Locris hasCity Naupactus
Nafpaktos hasHistoricName Naupactus