Achaean War
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The Achaean War of 146 BC was fought between the Roman Republic and the Greek Achaean League, an alliance of Achaean and other Peloponnesian states in ancient Greece. It was the final stage of Rome's
The last day of Corinth, Tony Robert-Fleury, 1870
One of the hostages was the future historian Polybius of Megalopolis; he would become an important source for the Hellenistic Period and the Punic Wars.
Extent of the Achaean League on the eve of the war, showing the invasion routes of Mummius and Metellus
The Sack of Corinth, by Thomas Allom
Achaean League
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The Achaean League was a Hellenistic-era confederation of Greek city-states on the northern and central Peloponnese. The league was named after the region of Achaea in the northwestern Peloponnese, wh
ACHAIA, Achaian League. Anonymous. Circa 250 BC. AR Hemidrachm (16mm, 2.64 g, 2h). Laureate head of Zeus right / AX monogram in wreath.