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Polis , plural poleis literally means city in Greek . It can also mean citizenship and body ___MASK24___ citizens . In modern historiography , " polis " is normally used to indicate the ancient Greek city - states , like Classical ___MASK20___ and its contemporaries , and thus is often translated as " city - state ". The ___MASK79___ of Actium was the decisive confrontation of the Final War of the Roman Republic , a naval engagement between Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra on 2 September 31 BC , on the Ionian Sea near the promontory of Actium , in the Roman province of Epirus Vetus in Greece . Octavian ' s fleet was commanded by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa , while Antony ' s fleet was supported by the power of Queen Cleopatra of Ptolemaic ___MASK55___ . ___MASK20___ (" Athína " ) is the capital and largest city of Greece . ___MASK20___ dominates the Attica region and is one of the world ' s oldest cities , with its recorded history spanning over 3 , 400 years , and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC . Classical ___MASK20___ was a powerful city - state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus , which had been a distinct city prior to its 5th century BC incorporation with ___MASK20___ . A centre for the arts , learning and philosophy , home of Plato ' s Academy and Aristotle ' s Lyceum , it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy , largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent , and in particular the Romans . In modern times , ___MASK20___ is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic , financial , industrial , maritime , political and cultural life in Greece . In 2015 , ___MASK20___ was ranked the world ' s 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency ___MASK24___ the eurozone , which consists ___MASK24___ 19 ___MASK24___ the member states ___MASK24___ the ___MASK50___ : Austria , Belgium , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions ___MASK24___ the ___MASK50___ and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside ___MASK24___ Europe , a number ___MASK24___ overseas territories ___MASK24___ EU members also use the euro as their currency . The Pindus ( also Pindos or Pindhos ) ___MASK28___ range is located in ___MASK89___ Greece and southern ___MASK90___ . It is roughly 160 km long , with a maximum elevation of 2 , 637 m ( Mount Smolikas ). Because it runs along the border of ___MASK30___ and Epirus , the Pindus range is often called the " spine of Greece ". The ___MASK28___ range stretches from near the Greek - Albanian borders in Northern Epirus , entering the ___MASK92___ and Macedonia region in ___MASK89___ Greece down to the north of the Peloponnese . Geologically it constitutes an extension of the Dinaric Alps , which dominate the western region of the Balkan Peninsula . This vast complex of mountains , peaks , plateaus , valleys and gorges traverses the Greek mainland from the Northwest to the Southeast . Its length reaches almost 230 kilometers and its largest width is 70 kilometers . The Ionian Sea (, , ) is an elongated embayment ___MASK24___ the Mediterranean Sea , south ___MASK24___ the Adriatic Sea . It is bounded by southern Italy including ___MASK19___ , Sicily , and the Salento peninsula to the west , southern Albania to the north , and the west coast ___MASK24___ Greece . ___MASK3___ is a region of west - central Greece that lies along the Ionian Sea , west of Aetolia , with the Achelous River for a boundary , and north of the gulf of Calydon , which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth . Today it forms the western part of the regional unit of Aetolia - ___MASK3___ . The capital and principal city in ancient times was Stratos . The north side of ___MASK3___ of the Corinthian Gulf was considered part of the region of Epirus . ___MASK96___ is a coastal city and municipality in southern Albania . It is the second largest port city of Albania , after ___MASK64___ . It is where the Albanian Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on November 28 , 1912 . ___MASK96___ was briefly the capital of Albania . Vonitsa is a town in the northwestern part ___MASK24___ Aetolia - ___MASK3___ in Greece , seat ___MASK24___ the municipality ___MASK24___ Aktio - Vonitsa . Population 4 , 916 ( 2011 ). The beach town is situated on the south coast ___MASK24___ the Ambracian Gulf , and is dominated by a Venetian fortress on a hill . Vonitsa is southeast ___MASK24___ Preveza , northeast ___MASK24___ Lefkada ( city ) and ___MASK84___ ___MASK24___ Agrinio . The Greek National ___MASK33___ 42 ( Lefkada - Amfilochia ) passes through Vonitsa . ___MASK90___ (; ), officially the Republic of ___MASK90___ , is a sovereign state in Southeastern Europe . It has a population of 3 . 03 million as of 2016 . Tirana is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by ___MASK64___ and Vlorë . ___MASK90___ is located in the south - western part of the Balkan peninsula , bordered by Montenegro to the northwest , Kosovo to the northeast , the Republic of Macedonia to the east , and Greece to the south and southeast . The country has a coastline on the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea , the Adriatic Sea to the west and the Ionian Sea to the southwest where the Albanian Riviera begins . ___MASK90___ is less than from Italy , across the Strait of Otranto which connects the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea . Actium ( Greek :  ) was the name ___MASK24___ an ancient town on a promontory ___MASK24___ western Greece in northwestern ___MASK3___ , at the mouth ___MASK24___ the Ambracian Gulf ). Actium is chiefly famous as the name given to the nearby naval ___MASK79___ ___MASK24___ Actium , in which Octavian won a decisive victory over Mark Antony on September 2 , 31 BC . In Greek mythology , Acarnan (  ; " genitive "  ) was a son ___MASK24___ Alcmaeon and Callirrhoe , and brother ___MASK24___ Amphoterus . Their father was murdered by Phegeus ( or , in some sources , his sons Agenor and Pronous ), when they were yet very young , and Calirrhoe prayed to Zeus to make her sons grow quickly , that they might be able to avenge the death ___MASK24___ their father . The prayer was granted , and Acarnan with his brother slew Phegeus , his wife , and his two sons . The inhabitants ___MASK24___ Psophis , where the sons had been slain , pursued the murderers as far as Tegea , where however they were received and rescued . At the request ___MASK24___ Achelous they carried the necklace and peplos ___MASK24___ Harmonia to Delphi , and from thence they went to Epirus , where Acarnan founded the state called after him ___MASK3___ . Calydon (" gen ".:  ) was an ancient Greek city in Aetolia , situated on the ___MASK45___ of the river Evenus , 7 . 5 Roman miles ( approx . 11 km ) from the sea . Its name is most famous today for the Calydonian Boar that had to be overcome by heroes of the Olympian age . History . According to Greek mythology , the city took its name from its founder Calydon , son of Aetolus . Close to the city stood Mount Arakynthos ( Zygos ), the slopes of which provided the setting for the hunt of the Calydonian Boar . The ___MASK12___ or Peloponnesus (" Pelopónnsos "), is a peninsula and geographic region in southern ___MASK100___ . It is separated from the ___MASK17___ part ___MASK24___ the country by the Gulf ___MASK24___ Corinth . During the late Middle Ages and the Ottoman era , the peninsula was known as the Morea , a name still in colloquial use in its demotic form (  ). Aetolia is a mountainous region ___MASK24___ Greece on the north coast ___MASK24___ the Gulf ___MASK24___ Corinth , forming the eastern part ___MASK24___ the modern regional unit ___MASK24___ Aetolia - ___MASK3___ . ___MASK11___ (" Mesolongi ") is a municipality of 34 , 416 people ( according to the 2011 census ) in western Greece . The town is the capital of Aetolia - ___MASK3___ regional unit , and the seat of the municipality of Iera Polis Messolongiou ( Sacred City of ___MASK11___ ). ___MASK11___ is known as the site of a dramatic siege during the Greek War of Independence , and of the death of poet Lord Byron . ___MASK78___ , often called Yannena within Greece , is the capital and largest city ___MASK24___ Epirus , an administrative region in north - western Greece . Its populations is 112 , 486 , according to 2011 census . It lies at an elevation ___MASK24___ approximately above sea level , on the western shore ___MASK24___ lake Pamvotis . It is the capital ___MASK24___ ___MASK78___ regional unit and the region ___MASK24___ Epirus . ___MASK78___ is located ___MASK84___ ___MASK24___ ___MASK20___ , southwest ___MASK24___ Thessaloniki and east ___MASK24___ the port ___MASK24___ Igoumenitsa in the Ionian Sea . Agrinio ( Greek :  , , Latin : " Agrinium ") is the largest city ___MASK24___ the Aetolia - ___MASK3___ regional unit ___MASK24___ Greece and its largest municipality , with 106 , 053 inhabitants . It is the economical center ___MASK24___ Aetolia - ___MASK3___ , although its capital is the town ___MASK24___ Mesolonghi . The settlement dates back to ancient times . Ancient Agrinion was northeast ___MASK24___ the present city ; some walls and foundations ___MASK24___ which have been excavated . In medieval times and until 1836 , the city was known as Vrachori (  ). The Ambracian ___MASK35___ , also known as the ___MASK35___ ___MASK24___ Arta or the ___MASK35___ ___MASK24___ Actium , and in some official documents as the Amvrakikos ___MASK35___ , is a gulf ___MASK24___ the Ionian Sea in northwestern Greece . About long and wide , it is one ___MASK24___ the largest enclosed gulfs in Greece . The towns ___MASK24___ ___MASK37___ , Amphilochia ( formerly Karvassaras ), and Vonitsa lie on its shores . ___MASK37___ ( Greek :  ) is a town in the region of Epirus , northwestern Greece , located at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf . It is the capital of the regional unit of ___MASK37___ , which is part of the region of Epirus . The Aktio - ___MASK37___ Immersed Tunnel , the first and so far only undersea tunnel in Greece , was completed in 2002 and connects ___MASK37___ to Aktio in western ___MASK3___ in the region of Aetolia - ___MASK3___ . The ruins of the ancient city of Nicopolis lie 7 kilometres ( 4 miles ) north of the city . ___MASK75___ (" Kórinthos ") is a city and former municipality in Corinthia , ___MASK12___ , ___MASK100___ . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part ___MASK24___ the municipality ___MASK24___ ___MASK75___ , ___MASK24___ which it is the seat and a municipal unit . It is the capital ___MASK24___ Corinthia . In ___MASK22___ , a province ( Latin : " provincia ", pl . " provinciae ") was the basic , and , until the Tetrarchy ( 293 AD ), largest territorial and administrative unit ___MASK24___ the empire ' s territorial possessions outside ___MASK24___ Italy . The word " province " in modern English has its origins in the term used by the Romans . The ___MASK35___ ___MASK24___ Corinth or the Corinthian ___MASK35___ (" Korinthiaks Klpos ") is a deep inlet ___MASK24___ the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western ___MASK21___ Greece . It is bounded in the east by the Isthmus ___MASK24___ Corinth which includes the shipping - designed Corinth Canal and in the west by the Strait ___MASK24___ Rion which widens into the shorter ___MASK35___ ___MASK24___ Patras ( part ___MASK24___ the Ionian Sea ) and ___MASK24___ which the narrowest point is crossed since 2004 by the Rio - Antirio Bridge . The gulf is bordered by the large administrative divisions ( prefectures ): Aetolia - ___MASK3___ and Phocis in the north , Boeotia in the northeast , Attica in the east , Corinthia in the southeast and south and Achaea in the ___MASK44___ . The gulf is in tectonic movement comparable to movement in parts ___MASK24___ Iceland and Turkey , growing by per year . Evrytania ( alternative romanization " Evritania ", Latin : " Eurytania ") is one ___MASK24___ the regional units ___MASK24___ Greece . It is part ___MASK24___ the region ___MASK24___ ___MASK25___ . Its capital is Karpenisi ( approx . 8 , 000 inhabitants ). Aetolia - ___MASK3___ is one of the regional units of Greece . It is part of the geographic region of Central Greece and the administrative region of West Greece . A combination of the historical regions of Aetolia and ___MASK3___ , it is the country ' s largest regional unit . Its capital is Missolonghi for historical reasons , with its biggest city and economic centre at Agrinio . The area is now connected with the Peloponnese peninsula via the Rio - Antirio Bridge . The surrounding regional units take in Arta in Epirus , a narrow length bordering Karditsa of Thessaly , Evrytania to the northeast , and Phocis to the east . ___MASK100___ (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern ___MASK53___ . ___MASK100___ ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . ___MASK20___ is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . ___MASK53___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK53___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the ___MASK99___ , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the ___MASK76___ and southeast , ___MASK53___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK53___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK53___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . ___MASK30___ (" Thessalía "; ancient Thessalian : , " Petthalía ") is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece , comprising ___MASK8___ of the ancient region of the same name . Before the Greek Dark Ages , ___MASK30___ was known as Aeolia , and appears thus in Homer ' s " Odyssey ". Phocis is one ___MASK24___ the regional units ___MASK24___ Greece . It is part ___MASK24___ the administrative region ___MASK24___ ___MASK25___ . It stretches from the western mountainsides ___MASK24___ Parnassus on the ___MASK76___ to the mountain range ___MASK24___ ___MASK40___ on the west , upon the Gulf ___MASK24___ Corinth . It is named after the ancient region ___MASK24___ Phocis , but the modern regional unit also includes parts ___MASK24___ ancient Locris and Doris . Epirus is a geographical and historical region in southeastern ___MASK53___ , now shared between Greece and ___MASK90___ . It lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea , stretching from the Bay of ___MASK96___ and the Acroceraunian mountains in the north to the Ambracian Gulf and the ruined Roman city of Nicopolis in the south . It is currently divided between the region of Epirus in northwestern Greece and the counties of Gjirokastër , ___MASK96___ , and ___MASK68___ in southern ___MASK90___ . The largest city in Epirus is Ioannina , seat of the region of Epirus , with Gjirokastër the largest city in the Albanian part of Epirus . ___MASK48___ is the second - largest city in ___MASK100___ and the capital ___MASK24___ Greek Macedonia , the administrative region ___MASK24___ Central Macedonia and the ___MASK98___ . Its nickname is   (" Symprotévousa "), literally " the co - capital ", a reference to its historical status as the  (" Symvasilévousa ") or " co - reigning " city ___MASK24___ the Eastern Roman ( Byzantine ) Empire , alongside ___MASK10___ . Continental ___MASK100___ (" Stereá Elláda "; formerly , " Chérsos Ellás "), colloquially known as " Roúmeli " (  ), is a traditional geographic region ___MASK24___ ___MASK100___ . In English the area is usually called ___MASK25___ , but the equivalent Greek term (   , " Kentrikí Elláda ") is more rarely used . Ambracia ( occasionally , " Ampracia "), was a city ___MASK24___ ancient Greece on the site ___MASK24___ modern Arta . It was founded as a Corinthian colony in the 7th century BC and was situated about 7 miles from the Ambracian Gulf , on a bend ___MASK24___ the navigable river Arachthos ( or Aratthus ), in the midst ___MASK24___ a fertile wooded plain . History . It was founded between 650 and 625 BC by Gorgus , son ___MASK24___ the Corinthian tyrant Cypselus , at which ___MASK77___ its economy was based on farmlands , fishing , timber for shipbuilding , and the exportation ___MASK24___ the produce ___MASK24___ Epirus . After the expulsion ___MASK24___ Gorgus ' s son Periander its government developed into a strong democracy . The early policy ___MASK24___ Ambracia was determined by its loyalty to Corinth ( for which it probably served as an entrepot in the Epirus trade ), and its consequent aversion to Corcyra ( as Ambracia participated on the Corinthian side at the Battle ___MASK24___ Sybota , which took place in 433 BC between the rebellious Corinthian colony ___MASK24___ Corcyra ( modern Corfu ) and Corinth ). Nicopolis (" Nikópolis ", " City ___MASK24___ ___MASK94___ ") or Actia Nicopolis was the capital city ___MASK24___ the Roman province ___MASK24___ Epirus Vetus . It was located in the western part ___MASK24___ the modern state ___MASK24___ Greece . The city was founded by Caesar Augustus in commemoration ___MASK24___ his ___MASK94___ in 31 BC over Antony and Cleopatra at the ___MASK79___ ___MASK24___ Actium nearby . It was soon made the major city ___MASK24___ the wider region ___MASK24___ ___MASK92___ . Many impressive remains ___MASK24___ the ancient city may be visited today .