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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.
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 ...
The Ionians took temporary refuge in Athens, and Aegialus became known as Achaea. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Pausanias says that 'Achaean' was the name of those Greeks originally inhabiting the Argolis and Laconia , because they were descended from the sons of the mythical Achaeus , Archander and Architeles . [ 23 ]
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 ...
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.
The Achaeans of Argolis moved northward and established themselves in the region of Achaea, displacing the Ionians, and subsequently moved east from the region of Corinth. First establishing themselves in Euboea, displacing the previous inhabitants there, the Abantes and continued on to the Aegean and the coast of Asia Minor .
Bura (also Boura, Bira; Ancient Greek: Βοῦρα) was an ancient polis (city-state) of Achaea, Greece, one of the 12 cities of the Achaean League. [1] It is said to have derived its name from Bura, a daughter of Ion and Helice. [2] The city was situated on a height 40 stadia from the sea, and southeast of Helike.
Olenia (Greek: Ωλενία) is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Achaea, of which it is a municipal unit. [2] The municipal unit has an area of 189.534 km 2. [3] Population 4,303 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Lousika.