Achaean Federation

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The Achaean Federation was a governmental unit of ancient Greece that flourished from 281 to 246 BC, ending effectively with the sack of Corinth.[1] This alliance can be considered a late phase or culmination of the Achaean League which was a looser alliance of the founding city-states extending back to the 5th century BC.

An inscription from ancient Orchomenos dating to 234-224 BC states that members of the Achaean Federation must invoke Zeus and Athena.[2]

Besides many city-states on the Mainland joining the Achaean Federation, certain Mediterranean island city-states also became part of the federation. For example, Kydonia on Crete became a part of the Achaean Federation in 219 BC.[3]

[edit] Line notes

  1. ^ Poley, 1913
  2. ^ Hansen, 2004
  3. ^ Hogan, 2008

[edit] References

  • Mogens Herman Hansen and Thomas Heine Nielsen, An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis, Københavns universitet Polis centret, Danish National Research Foundation, 2004, Oxford University Press, 1396 pages ISBN:0198140991
  • C. Michael Hogan, Cydonia, The Modern Antiquarian, Jan. 23, 2008 [1]
  • Arthur Pierre Poley, The Federal Systems of the United States and the British Empire, 1913, Pitman, 453 pages [2]





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