Charadra (), also Charadrus or Charadros (Χάραδρος), was a town of

ancient Epirus Epirus (; Epirote Greek: , ; Attic Greek: , ) was an ancient Greek kingdom, and later republic, located in the geographical region of Epirus, in parts of north-western Greece and southern Albania. Home to the ancient Epirotes, the state was bor ...

, situated on the road from Ambracus to the strait of

Actium Actium or Aktion () was a town on a promontory in ancient Acarnania at the entrance of the Ambraciot Gulf, off which Octavian gained his celebrated victory, the Battle of Actium, over Antony and Cleopatra, on September 2, 31 BC. History ...

. It is also mentioned in a fragment of

Ennius Quintus Ennius (; ) was a writer and poet who lived during the Roman Republic. He is often considered the father of Roman poetry. He was born in the small town of Rudiae, located near modern Lecce (ancient ''Calabria'', today Salento), a town ...

: "Mytilenae est pecten Charadrumque apud Ambraciai." Charadra is located near the Kastri at Palaia Philippias.

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