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 (2)

Label Occurrences
Acarnanians canonical 3
the Naupaktians 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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

Corinthians ⓘ
foughtAlongside Athenians ⓘ
Epirotes ⓘ
importantCity Anactorium ⓘ
Leucas ⓘ
Oeniadae ⓘ
Stratus ⓘ
importantSanctuary 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 Acarnania ⓘ
linked to: Aetolia

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 ancient Greeks ⓘ
linked to: Greeks
regionCharacter largely rural ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
timePeriod Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
usedDialect Northwest Greek dialect ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Greek
worshipped Apollo ⓘ
Athena ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aetolians → neighboringPeoples → Acarnanians ⓘ
Antigonus III Doson → alliedWith → Acarnanians ⓘ
Demetrius II Aetolicus → alliedWith → Acarnanians ⓘ
Nike of Paionios → dedicatedBy → the Naupaktians ⓘ
linked to: Acarnanians