Philopoemen was a skilled Greek general and statesman, who was Achaean strategos on eight occasions.
Philopoemen, hurt by David d'Angers, 1837, Louvre
In Messenian captivity, Philopoemen is offered a drink of poison (as depicted in Children's Plutarch, 1900)
Megalopoli is a town in the southwestern part of the regional unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located on the same site as ancient Megalopolis. When it was founded in 371 BC, it was the first l
Lignite mining near Megalopoli
A silver triobol of the Arcadian League from ancient Megalopolis. The head of Zeus on the obverse, Pan seated on the reverse.