Orraon

Orraon (Greek Όρραον) was an ancient city in Epirus . Its ruins are 4 kilometers north of Arta near the village of Ammotopos.

Orraon was founded between 385 and 370 BC. Founded as a fortified city by the Molossian king Alketas I. The small town was founded in 167 BC. Captured and destroyed by the Romans , but later rebuilt. Orraon fell into disrepair when Emperor Augustus moved its inhabitants into the 31 BC. BC the newly founded colony Nicopolis was resettled.

literature

• Ernst-Ludwig Schwandner, Sotiris Dakaris and others: Orraon. A planned small town in Epirus . In: Wolfram Hoepfner (Hrsg.): History of living . Vol. 1: 5000 BC BC – 500 AD. Prehistory, early history, antiquity . Stuttgart 1999, pp. 384-411.

Web links

• Entry in a catalog of archaeological sites of the Greek Ministry of Culture

Coordinates: 39 ° 16 '  N , 20 ° 56'  E