KASTRI
(“Batiae”) S Epeiros, Greece.
Probably a colony of Elis (
Strab. 7.7.5 and
FGrH 115 [Theopompos] F 206). A limestone outcrop is ringed with a
circuit wall ca. 2100 m long. Gateways and towers are
visible.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
N.G.L. Hammond in
Ἀφιέρωμα εἰς τὴν Ἤπειρον (1954) 27ff; id.,
Epirus (1967) 55f and 478, Plan 3 and Pl. II
b and
c.
N.G.L. HAMMOND