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Stratos, Greece

Stratos
Στράτος
Stratos is located in Greece
Stratos
Stratos
Coordinates: 38°40′N 21°19′E / 38.667°N 21.317°E / 38.667; 21.317Coordinates: 38°40′N 21°19′E / 38.667°N 21.317°E / 38.667; 21.317
Country Greece
Administrative region West Greece
Regional unit Aetolia-Acarnania
Municipality Agrinio
 • Municipal unit 153.307 km2 (59.192 sq mi)
Highest elevation 65 m (213 ft)
Lowest elevation 50 m (160 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Municipal unit 5,429
 • Municipal unit density 35/km2 (92/sq mi)
Community
 • Population 979 (2011)
 • Area (km2) 30.313
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 301 00
Area code(s) +30-2641-xxx-xxx
Vehicle registration AIx-xxxx

Stratos (Greek: Στράτος, Latin: Stratus) is a settlement in central Aetolia-Acarnania, Western Greece. It is best known for its impressive remains of the namesake ancient Greek city and capital of Acarnania, which lie on a hillside about 500m north of the modern village.

Stratos is situated on the right bank of the river Acheloos, 9 km northwest of the town of Agrinio. The area north of Stratos is mountainous, whereas the south is flat. It is now an Aromanian village and a municipal unit of the Agrinio municipality.

Its situation at the northern edge of the fertile Achelous River plain and on the strategic maritime route to Italy as well as the navigability of the river up to city made it a place of great military importance and Stratos emerged as the largest and best fortified city of Acarnania. It was where judicial proceedings common to all the Arcananians took place, and by Thucydides' time Stratos was the capital of Acarnania and the federal assemblies were held there. As a result, it prospered greatly in the 5th century BC.

As capital of Acarnania, Stratos was involved in many wars. In the 5th century BC, the Corinthians were forced out of their Acarnanian settlements by Athens. In 429 BC in the Pelopponesian War, the Pelopponesians under the Spartan Knemos attacked Stratos and were defeated "with great slaughter". In about 390 BC the cities of Acarnania surrendered to the Spartans under King Agesilaus, and continued to be Spartan allies until joining the Second Athenian Empire in 375 BC. The Acarnanians later sided with the Boeotians in their fight against Sparta, and with Athens against Philip II of Macedon at Chaeronea.


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