Achaean League

Achaean League was a state in Balkans and Greece (Europe) that lasted from 280 to 146 BCE, about 134 years. Its people spoke Greek languages (Mycenaean, Classical, Hellenistic, Byzantine, modern Greek).

A federation of Peloponnesian cities that grew to dominate southern Greece. Its war with Rome ended with the destruction of Corinth in 146 BCE.

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Facts

Dates

280 to 146 BCE

Duration

134 years

Type

State

Region

Balkans and Greece, Europe

Language family

Greek

Capital

Aigion

Became

• Roman Macedonia and Achaea 146 BCE to 395 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 218 BCE Hannibal crosses the Alps

Neighbours in Europe

• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE
• Sparta c. 900 to 192 BCE
• Roman Hispania 218 BCE to 472 CE
• Etruscan civilization c. 720 to 90 BCE
• Kingdom of Macedon c. 700 to 168 BCE
• Syracuse c. 734 to 212 BCE
• Bosporan Kingdom c. 480 BCE to 370 CE
• Phoenician colonies in Iberia c. 800 to 237 BCE
• Massalia c. 600 to 49 BCE
• Roman Macedonia and Achaea 146 BCE to 395 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE, North and West Africa
• Western Han 202 BCE to 9 CE, East Asia
• Maurya Empire 322 to 185 BCE, South Asia
• Qin dynasty 221 to 206 BCE, East Asia

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