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Achaia [1] [2] (Ancient Greek: Ἀχαΐα), sometimes spelled Achaea, [3] [4] was a province of the Roman Empire, consisting of the Peloponnese, Attica, Boeotia, Euboea, the Cyclades and parts of Phthiotis, Aetolia and Phocis. In the north, it bordered on the provinces of Epirus vetus and Macedonia.
Achaea was founded in 1205 by William of Champlitte and Geoffrey I of Villehardouin, who undertook to conquer the Peloponnese on behalf of Boniface of Montferrat, King of Thessalonica. With a force of no more than 100 knights and 500 foot soldiers, they took Achaea and Elis , and after defeating the local Greeks in the Battle of the Olive Grove ...
Achaea (/ ə ˈ k iː ə /) or Achaia (/ ə ˈ k aɪ ə /; Greek: Ἀχαΐα, Akhaḯa, Ancient Greek:) is the northernmost region of the Peloponnese, occupying the coastal strip north of Arcadia. Its approximate boundaries are: to the south, Mount Erymanthus ; to the south-east, Mount Cyllene ; to the east, Sicyon ; and to the west, the ...
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Tritaea or Tritaia (Ancient Greek: Τριταία) [1] was a polis (city-state) [2] of Achaea, and the most inland of the 12 Achaean cities, was distant 120 stadia from Pharae.
Achaea (/ ə ˈ k iː ə /) or Achaia (/ ə ˈ k aɪ ə /), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia [2] (Αχαΐα, Akhaḯa), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula.
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History of Achaea (3 C, 3 P) P. Patras (16 C, 37 P) People from Achaea (5 C, 14 P) T. Transport in Achaea (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Achaea"