Ancient Acarnania

31 BCE decisive confrontation of the Final War of the Roman Republic

son of Alcmaeon in Greek mythology

425 BCE battle

son of Alcmaeon in Greek mythology

Dulichium ( ; , ), also called Dolicha ( ; , ) or Doliche ( ; , ), was a place noted by numerous ancient writers that was either a city on, or an island off, the Ionian Sea coast of Acarnania, Greece.

In Greek mythology, the Teleboans (, Tēlebóai) were an Acarnanian tribe. They were said to descend from one Teleboas, a son of Pterelaus and brother of Taphius, the eponym of the Taphians. After dwelling for a time on the mainland, the Teleboans settled on the island of Taphos which was populated by their kinsmen. From the island the two tribes led piratical raids across Greece, and the names "Teleboan" and "Taphian" were later taken to refer to any inhabitant of Taphos. The Taphians and Teleboans murdered the brothers of Alcmene (to whom both tribes were related), a crime punished by her husb

426 BCE battle during the Peloponnesian War

Alyzeus () was in Greek mythology a son of Icarius and Polycaste, and brother of Penelope and Leucadius. After his father's death, he reigned in conjunction with his brother over Acarnania, and is said to have founded the town of Alyzeia (modern Alyzia) there.

230 BCE siege

naval battle of the Lamian War