Nicopolis

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Nicopolis

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The correspondence Byron wrote and some of which he received during the tour.

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Byron to John Hanson, September 29th 1809:
(Source: text from B.L.Egerton 2611 ff.149-51; BLJ I 225)
Named by Byron in 1809-09-29. Or Actia Nicopolis was a city of Epirus (western Greece) founded by Octavian in commemoration of his victory in 31 BC over Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium nearby. It was later the capital of the Roman province of Epirus Vetus. Wiki

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Paul M Curtis

Source

Byron to John Hanson, September 29th 1809:
(Source: text from B.L.Egerton 2611 ff.149-51; BLJ I 225)
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94.
Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/

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The Byron Online Project: http://byrononlineproject.com

Date

13 April 2014

Contributor

Paul M Curtis

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License.

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David Radcliffe's "Lord Byron and his Times:"
http://www.lordbyron.org/

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English

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Place

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English Romanticism, George Gordon, sixth Baron Byron, 1788-1824, 1809-1811

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Nicoplois

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