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Thyrreion (Greek: Θύρρειον) was an ancient Greek city in Acarnania.[1] When Acarnania allied itself with Philip V of Macedon against Rome in 200 BC, although it lost Leucas because of this, and the city of Thyrreion was anointed as its new capital.
Epirus in antiquity
References
^ Encyclopedia of ancient Greece by Nigel Guy Wilson,2006,ISBN 0-415-97334-1,page 4
See also
List of cities in ancient Epirus
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