Achaea/Achaia (region)
An ancient Greek region on the northern coast of the Peloponnese.
Ἀχαία
Ἀχαιοί
Achaia
Αἰγιάλεια
Αἰγιαλὸς
Achaea
An ancient Greek region on the northern coast of the Peloponnese.
BAtlas 58 B1 Achaea
TM Geo 38: Achaia
Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 8.7.1-5
Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 8.3.24
MANTO 10082559: Achaia (region in the northern Peloponnese)
Anderson 1954
Wikidata Achaea (Q2790451)
ToposText Achaea region (Achaia) 1717 Achaia - Αχαΐα
RE Achaia 1
New Pauly Achaeans, Achaea
iDAI.gazetteer 2361246: Achaia
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 B1 Achaea
Achaea/Achaia (region)
-750
Aigialeia
-550
Archaic (Greco-Roman; 750-550 BCE/BC)
The Archaic period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is seen to begin in the year 750 and end in the year 550 before the birth of Christ. [[-750, -550]]
Said by Strabo to be the original name of the region of Achaia.
Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 8.7.1
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Pleiades
Aigialeia
Αἰγιάλεια
-30
Achaea
300
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)
The Roman period (i.e., the early Roman Empire) in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 30 before the birth of Christ and to end in the year 300 after the birth of Christ. [[-30, 300]]
Alternate ancient Latin spelling of Achaia, as found (e.g.) in Statius.
Anderson 1954
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 B1 Achaea
Achaea
Achaea
-30
Achaia
300
Ancient Latin name of the region (after the Greek) as found in Pliny the Elder, et al.
Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 4.1.4
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Pleiades
Achaia
Achaia
Achaioi
Ancient Greek name for the inhabitants of Achaia (i.e., the Achaians/Achaeans).
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Pleiades
Achaioi
Ἀχαιοί
-30
Achaia
300
Ancient Greek name used by Pausanias and Strabo.
Paus. (Spiro: Perseus) 7.1
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Pleiades
Achaia
Ἀχαία
-30
Aigialos
300
Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 8.7.1-5
Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 8.3.24
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 B1 Achaea
Aigialos
Αἰγιαλὸς
region