Achaea
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noun
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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
ELIS, or Eleia, an ancient district of southern Greece, bounded on the N. by Achaea, E. by Arcadia, S. by Messenia, and W. by the Ionian Sea.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
I cannot better describe the existing political situation than by quoting the opinion of leading newspapers in Achaea and elsewhere.
From The Casual Ward academic and other oddments by A. D. (Alfred Denis) Godley
Besides erecting useful public works in many cities, he relieved Achaea of its arrears of tribute and exempted it from various imposts.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
Yet some central control was essential; and this was perhaps secured by attaching Phrygia to the province of Asia in the same loose condition of dependence in which Achaea had been attached to Macedonia.
From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge
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