Chalcis (Epirus)
Coordinates: 39°40′50″N 21°12′32″E / 39.680546°N 21.208974°E Chalcis or Chalkis (Ancient Greek: Χαλκίς) was a town of ancient Epirus in Mount Pindus, near which the Achelous River rises.[1] It is erroneously called by Stephanus of Byzantium a town of Aetolia.[2]
References
- ↑ Dionysius Periegetes, Description of the World 496.
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
- ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying.
- ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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