Historical place profile
Astakos (Acarnania)
An ancient city of Acarnania, established in the 5th century BCE, the site of Astakos lies approximately 2 kilometers north of the modern town that now bears its name. Ancient Astakos was succeeded in Byzantine times by a settlement named Dragamestos.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:530815
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:530815
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 38.554367, 21.091351
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient city of Acarnania, established in the 5th century BCE, the site of Astakos lies approximately 2 kilometers north of the modern town that now bears its name. Ancient Astakos was succeeded in Byzantine times by a settlement named Dragamestos.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 D4 Astakos
Source and reuse
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Research path
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