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[[Image:Map of ancient Epirus and environs (English).svg|right|thumb|200px|Epirus in antiquity (with wrong location for Gitanae)]]
'''Gitanae''' or '''Gitana''' ({{langx|grc|Γίτανα}}), or '''Gitona''' (Γίτωνα), or '''Titana''' (Τίτανα or Τιτάνα), was a city of [[ancient Epirus]],<ref>An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 345</ref> described by [[Livy]] as being near [[Corcyra]], and about 10 miles from the coast.<ref>{{Cite Livy|xlii. 38}}</ref> as a place of meeting of the [[Epirote League]] (Concillio Epirotarum). It is not mentioned by any other ancient writer, and it was conjectured that the word is a corrupt form of [[Chyton]], which [[Ephorus]] spoke of as a place in Epirus colonised by [[Ionians]] from [[Clazomenae|Klazomenai]].

However, its site has been located as the place bearing the modern name Gkoumani, near the village of Fragma Kalama in Greece.<ref>{{Cite Barrington|54}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|22000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Γεφύρι Της Γκούμανης {{!}} Τα Πέτρινα Γεφύρια της Ελλάδος|url=https://petrinagefiria.com/?q=content/%CE%B3%CE%B5%CF%86%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B9-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82|access-date=2021-07-04|website=petrinagefiria.com}}</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:Ancient Theater in Gitanae.jpg|Ancient Theater at the archaeological site of Gitanae
File:Gitanae Vergina Sun Mosaic.jpg|Mosaic depicting the [[Vergina Sun]] at the archaeological site of Gitanae
File:Gitanae Walls.jpg|Gitanae walls
File:Gitanae Theater Seats.jpg|Theater seats with name inscriptions written on them
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[List of cities in ancient Epirus]]

==References==
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[[Category:Populated places in ancient Epirus]]
[[Category:Cities in ancient Epirus]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Greece]]
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