Antigoneia of Epirus, Albania

Carole Raddato

by Carole Raddato
published on 11 March 2020

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Antigoneia of Epirus, Albania. The city was founded in 295 BCE by Pyrrhus, the king of the Molossians, who named it after his wife Antigone, daughter of Berenice I and step-daughter of Ptolemy I of Egypt.

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Carole Raddato

Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2020, March 11). Antigoneia of Epirus, Albania. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11986/antigoneia-of-epirus-albania/

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