Metropolis (Acarnania)

Metropolis () was a town in the interior of ancient Acarnania, south of Stratus, and on the road from the latter place to Conope in Aetolia.Steph. B., Ethnika, s.v. At a later time it fell into the hands of the Aetolians, but was taken and burned by Philip V of Macedon in his expedition against the Aetolians, 219 BCE.Polybius 4.64. It is mentioned as one of the towns of Acarnania, in a Greek inscription found at Actium, the date of which is probably prior to the time of Augustus.August Böckh, Corpus Inscript., No. 1793

Its site is located near the modern Rigani.

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