Titus Quinctius Flamininus
In 274 BC Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated Antigonus II Gonatas near the river's banks. In 198 BC, Philip V of Macedon and the Roman Titus Quinctius Flamininus, clashed in the Battle of the Aous. In 170 BC a plot to kidnap Aulus Hostilius Mancinus was foiled by Molossians by mistake. In antiquity the river passed more to the north, towards where Fier lies today. Owing to an earthquake in the 4th century, it changed to its present course. The earthquake and changed river course led to the decline of the ancient Greek city of Apollonia.