Acarnanians

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The Acarnanians were an ancient Greek people inhabiting the region of Acarnania in western Greece, known for their participation in various Hellenic leagues and conflicts.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Acarnanians canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek people
alliedWith Athens
borderedBy Ionian Sea
capitalCity Stratus
economyBasedOn agriculture
maritime trade
pastoralism
ethnicGroupOf Aetolia
surface form: Acarnania
eventuallyIncorporatedInto Roman Republic
foughtAgainst Ambracia
surface form: Ambraciots

Corinthians NERFINISHED
foughtAlongside Athenians
Epirotes
importantCity Anactorium
Leucas
Oeniadae
Stratus
importantSanctuary Sanctuary of Apollo Actius
surface form: sanctuary of Apollo at Actium
knownFor naval activity in the Ionian Sea
participation in Greek interstate politics
resistance to Corinthian and Spartan influence
language Ancient Greek
locatedIn Aetolia
surface form: Acarnania

mainland Greece
western Greece
memberOf Acarnanian League
Aetolian League
various Hellenic leagues
mentionedBy Polybius
Strabo
Thucydides
neighborOf Aetolians
Corinthian Gulf
Epirotes
opposed Sparta
participatedIn Peloponnesian War
partOf Greeks
surface form: ancient Greeks
regionCharacter largely rural
mountainous
religion ancient Greek religion
timePeriod Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
usedDialect Northwest Greek
surface form: Northwest Greek dialect
worshipped Apollo
Athena
Zeus

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Aetolians neighboringPeoples Acarnanians
Antigonus III Doson alliedWith Acarnanians