Achaean League

American  

noun

1. a political confederation of Achaean and other Greek cities, established in the late 3rd century b.c. and dissolved by the Romans in 146 b.c.

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Achaean League British  

noun

1. a confederation of Achaean cities formed in the early third century _bc , which became a political and military force in Greece, directed particularly against Macedonian domination of the Peloponnesus

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Achaean League

When the Achaean League in the Peloponnese in Greece challenged Roman control of Greece and Macedon, Rome declared war and sacked Corinth, the League’s largest city, in 146 BCE.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Although the prototype existed in such early alliances as the Greek Achaean League, up until the 19th Century international policing flourished chiefly in the realm of ideas.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Achaean League was at first made up of ten Achaean cities.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

The chief Greek federations were those of Thessaly, Boeotia, Acarnania, Olynthus, Arcadia, Aetolia, Achaea, the most important as well as the most complete in respect of organization being the Aetolian League and the Achaean League.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

This episode in history favored the growth of two leagues—the Achaean League and the Aetolian League.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park