Achaea
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Modern Greek name: Akhaïa. a department of Greece, in the N Peloponnese. Capital: Patras. Pop: 318 928 (2001). Area: 3209 sq km (1239 sq miles)
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a province of ancient Greece, in the N Peloponnese on the Gulf of Corinth: enlarged as a Roman province in 27 bc
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Later St. Regulus, the Bishop of Patras in Achaea, was guided thither bearing the relics of St. Andrew.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1333 it was annexed to Achaea, in 1336 to Servia, and in 1394 to Venice.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
It is a poem on that same tragedy of Finnesburh, which is the theme of a separate poem in the Old English heroic cycle; so Demodocus took his subjects from the heroic cycle of Achaea.
From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by W. P. Ker
As Nero’s grant of self-government brought about a recrudescence of misplaced ambition and party strife, Vespasian revoked the gift and turned Achaea again into a province, at the same time burdening it with increased taxes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
After the king had departed from Achaea, Sulpicius, going to Aegina with his fleet, formed a junction with Attalus.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Titus Livius
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