Elateia (Epirus)

Elateia or Elatia (Greek: Ἐλάτεια),[1] also Elatreia or Elatria (Ἐλατρία),[2] was a town of the Cassopaei in Thesprotia, in ancient Epirus, mentioned by Strabo, along with Batiae and Pandosia.

[2][3] Its location is believed to be at the foot of Mount Zalongo, north of the modern village of Paliorophoro.

Archaeologists suggest that the settlement was fortified with a polygonal wall of 1,690 metres (5,540 feet) in circumference, which enclosed an area corresponding to a population of about 3,800.

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography.

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