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  2. Achaia (Roman province) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Achaea (ancient region) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Achaea - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Aegium - Wikipedia

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    Aegium or Aigion (Ancient Greek: Αἴγιον), or Aegeium or Aigeion (Αἴγειον), was a town and polis (city-state) [1] of ancient Achaea, and one of the twelve Achaean cities. It was situated upon the coast west of the river Selinus , 30 stadia from Rhypae , and 40 stadia from Helice .

  6. Category:History of Achaea - Wikipedia

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  7. Barony of Chalandritsa - Wikipedia

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    The Barony of Chalandritsa was a medieval Frankish fiefdom of the Principality of Achaea, located in the northern Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, and centred on the town of Chalandritsa (Greek: Χαλανδρίτσα; French: Calandrice, Calendrice; Italian: Calandrizza; Aragonese: C[h]alandrica) south of Patras. [1]

  8. Principality of Achaea - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Tritaea (Achaea) - Wikipedia

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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.