Phanote

Phanote or Phanota (Ancient Greek: Φανότη), or Phanoteia (Φανωτεία), was a strongly fortified ancient Greek town of Chaonia located in the region of Epirus.^[1] The town's location was of military/strategic importance as it stood in the midst of a valley surrounded by an amphitheatre of mountains, through which there are only two narrow passes. It lies about halfway between the sea and the Antigonean passes, and was therefore of importance to the Romans when they were advancing from Illyria in 169 BCE.^[2][3] Its site is tentatively located near the modern Raveni.^[4][5]

Epirus in antiquity

Ruins at the modern Doliani, belonging to the ancient Phanote/Phanoteia

See also

• List of cities in ancient Epirus

References

Citations

1. Hansen & Nielsen 2004, p. 348.
2. Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 43.23.
3. Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 27.14.
4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
5. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

Sources

• Hansen, Mogens Herman; Nielsen, Thomas Heine (2004). An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198140991.
•   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Phanote". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phanote (Doliani).

• Entry on the website of the Greek Ministry of Culture about the archeological site at Doliani (in Greek)

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