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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Example Sentences

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

The Achaean League was in the Peloponnese and the Aetolian League in central Greece.

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 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

All the Peloponnesus is included in the Achaean League, which attains its apogee.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)