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Listed 3 sub titles with search on: Information about the place  for wider area of: "CHAONIA Ancient country ALBANIA" .


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Soronia

SORIA (Ancient city) CHAONIA
It is located to the N of the Bouthrotos lake.

The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites

Omphalion

CHAONIA (Ancient country) ALBANIA
  A precipitous ridge, overlooking the gorge of the Suhe river, is fortified with a circuit wall and powerful towers. The site controls the entry from the Drin valley to the high plateau of Polican, the territory probably of the Omphales, a Chaonian tribe. It is mentioned by Ptolemy (3.13.5).

N.G.L. Hammond, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites, Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.


Elaious

ELEOUS (Ancient city) ALBANIA
  Mentioned as an inland Chaonian town by Ptolemy (3.14). It is the only place in the Drin valley where olives are grown and the ancient name means "olive town." There are remains of a circuit wall ca. 1400 m long on a low ridge and of a temple where the Musllm monastery now stands.

N.G.L. Hammond, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites, Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.


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