Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . lar pentagonalenclosure, surrounded with walls and with squaretowers at intervals, about 25 feet in height. Onthe western side, the walls are most perfect, and heretoo is the principal gate. The extent of the enclosureis about a quarter of a mile. The variety of marblefragments and even the remains of inscriptions ofthe time of the Roman Empire, inserted in themasonry, prove the whole to have been a repair,though perhaps upon the site of the original acro-polis, and restored so as to have been sufficiently largeto receive the diminished population of t
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . lar pentagonalenclosure, surrounded with walls and with squaretowers at intervals, about 25 feet in height. Onthe western side, the walls are most perfect, and heretoo is the principal gate. The extent of the enclosureis about a quarter of a mile. The variety of marblefragments and even the remains of inscriptions ofthe time of the Roman Empire, inserted in themasonry, prove the whole to have been a repair,though perhaps upon the site of the original acro-polis, and restored so as to have been sufficiently largeto receive the diminished population of the place. Itmay have been, as Leake conjectures, the work ofJustinian, who restored Nicopolis. Three hundred yards westward of the Paleohastronare the remains of a small theatre but little dilapi-dated. Col. Leake says that it appears to be about200 feet in diameter; but Lieut, Wolfe describes itas only 60 feet in diameter. Being built upon levelground, the back or highest part is entirely sup-p)rted upon an arched corridor. Between this. MAP OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF NICOPOLIS. A. Site of Nicopolis. B. Port Comarus. Mytika. C. Port Vathij. D. l>aj;oon ildzoma. E. Prevesa. F. Actium. La Punta. 1. Faleokastron. 2. Small Theatre. 3. Palace. 4. Large Stadium. 6. Aqueduct. 7. Hill MikhalHzi. KIDUM. 427 theatre and the shore, are the ruins of a quadran-gular building of brick, which was perhaps a palace,as it has numerous apartments, with many niches inthe walls for statues, and some remains of a stonepavement. It stands just within an aqueduct, sup-ported upon arches, which entered Nicopolis on thenorth, and was 30 miles in length. Considerableremains cf it are met with in different parts ofEpeirus. Farther north, at the foot of a range of hills, arethe remains of the great theatre, which is the mostconspicuous object among the ruins. It is one of thebest preseiTed Roman theatres in existence. Thetotal diameter is about 300 feet. The scene is 120feet long, and 30 in dep
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