The Aetolian-Acarnanian Plain between Inner and External Frontier

This seminar proposes a diachronic study of the so-called 'Aetolian Basin', the central plain between Aetolia and Acarnania, crossed by the Acheloos river: an area that was undoubtedly a geographical unit, but which was politically divided and, above all, the subject of repeated claims at local, federal and regional levels. It was a 'fluid' area in the political geography of Western Greece, and it is no coincidence that its study reopens all the (often unresolved) problems of the debate on ancient federalism: the notions of 'district', of areal economic integration, of 'federal annexation', of autonomy. The dual nature of the external and internal 'border' that this territory embodies does not hide, but rather reinforces, its fundamental function as a 'corridor' of communication.

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Scientific responsibility and organization: Elena Franchi