Pharae (Ancient Greek: Φαραί),[1] otherwise known as Phara (Φᾶρα),[2] and Pherae,[3] was a town and polis (city-state),[4] situated by the Peiros River, approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from the sea and 23.5 kilometres (14.6 mi) from the town of Patras, in what is now southern Greece.
In an event called the Social War (220–217 BC), it suffered from various setbacks caused by the attacks of the Aetolians and Eleans.
Its territory was later annexed by Augustus, and after the Battle of Actium, it was made a colony of Rome.
As of the 19th century, Pharae still contained a large agora with a statue of Hermes.
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