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Palairos ((ギリシア語:Πάλαιρος)) is an ancient city and a modern town in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform Palairos is part of the municipality Aktio-Vonitsa, of which it is a municipal unit.〔(Kallikratis law ) Greece Ministry of Interior 〕 The municipal unit Palairos was formed as an independent municipality in 1999 as a part of the Capodistrias government reform, under the name "Kekropia", which was changed to Palairos in 2004. ==History== Palairos was a city of ancient Greece, situated in the southern part of the region of Epirus.〔An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 368〕 During antiquity it was part of Acarnania, according to the ''Theodorokoi''. The city, ruinous for centuries, is thought to have existed during the Mycenean period, since parts of the city walls appear to date back to 2000 B.C. The construction of the walls interchanges between the square-shaped and the polygonal system and the parts belong to different periods. It lies high in the mountains overlooking the Ionian sea and Lake Vourkaria. The city is thought to have had a population of over 10,000 people. At nearby Actium, Mark Antony and Cleopatra were defeated in a sea battle by Octavius. According to tradition, the salt lake was the saviour of Cleopatra, who hid her ships there. The citadel on the eastern part of the yard is separated by a partition and is considered to be the most ancient part of the wall, probably from the Mycenean period. The ruins are close to the present-day town of Palairos. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palairos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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