10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACHAEAN LEAGUE»
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Achaean League in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Achaean League and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Illustrated Encyclopaedia of World History
The next step which Aratus took was momentous : he induced Sicyon to join the
Achaean League. The Achaeans, who inhabited the country along the northern
sea-board ot the Peloponnesus, represented the older population of the ...
2
Catalogue of the Coins of the
Achaean League
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
Malcolm George Clerk, 2010
3
Catalog of the Coins of the
Achaean League, Illustrated by ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Malcolm George Clerk, 2012
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The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest: ...
67 The rise of the Achaean League The rise to importance of the Achaean
League, as of the Aetolian (64), was a feature of the third century, particularly its
second half. Both leagues shared common institutional features and differed from
the ...
5
Ancient Sparta: A Re-examination of the Evidence
It may be suggested that these coins belong to the period 188-146 B.C., during
which Sparta was enrolled as a member of the Achaean League,' for Sparta
could not be a member of the Lacedaemonian League, which included the
maritime ...
Kathleen Mary Tyrer Chrimes Atkinson, 1949
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Hellenistic and Roman Sparta
Fittingly, it was by way of a final paroxysm of enmity between Achaean federalism
and the still stubbornly eccentric polis of Sparta that the Achaean League—and
so European Greece—was stripped of its remaining tatters of 'freedom' by the ...
A G Leventis Professor of Greek Culture Cambridge University and Hellenic Parliament Global Distinguished Professor in the History and Theory of Democracy at New York University Paul Cartledge, Paul Cartledge, 2004
7
The Greek Slogan of Freedom and Early Roman Politics in Greece
When the Messenians, after being pressed by the Achaeans in 191, preferred to
surrender to Flamininus (“as the author of their freedom,” in Livy's words), he
arranged for their admission into the Achaean League, at the same time inviting ...
Sviatoslav Dmitriev, 2011
8
The Founders and the Classics: Greece, Rome, and the ...
Achaean League as an instance of federal government gone awry as a result of "
the encroachments of the constituent members." Madison noted that the same
disunity which had paved the way for Macedonian conquest of the Amphictyonic
...
9
Political Systems, Structures, and Functions
The Achaean League was a 3rd—century—BCE confederation of the towns of
Achaea (a region on the northern coast of the Peloponnese peninsula) in ancient
Greece. The 12 Achaean cit— ies had organized a league by the 4th century
BCE ...
Britannica Educational Publishing, Duignan, Brian, 2012
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Catalog of the Coins of the
Achaean League: Illustrated by ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACHAEAN LEAGUE»
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Achaean League is used in the context of the following news items.
Uncovering The Lost City of Helike
During its heyday, Helike was the leader of the first Achaean League, a confederation that consisted of 12 cities in the surrounding area. Due to ... «Ancient Origins, Dec 14»
Chibok, confab report and Jonathan's speech
... attempt to save the Amphyctionic Council and the Achaean League, attempts in antiquity at democratic federalism still ended in tragic failure, ... «Daily Sun, Oct 14»
Ancient Coins: What about Sparta?
Defeated in battle against the Achaean League at Sellasia in 222, Cleomenes fled to Alexandria, finding refuge at the court of Ptolemy III. «CoinWeek, Sep 14»
Because men are not angels
He emerged having written a 39-page study of previous attempts at political union, from the Achaean League to the Belgic Confederacy, ... «The Economist, Apr 14»
Hannibal: Terror of Rome unleashed onto PC
-The First Illyrian War (230-228BC) where Rome and the Achaean League take on Greek pirates in the Adriatic Sea. -The Cisalpine War ... «Capsule Computers, Apr 14»
'An Israeli Sparta' — from Finkelstein to Hecataeus
... to be overcome by the superior numbers, mercenary soldiers and foreign alliances of a federation of lesser cities, the Achaean League. «Mondoweiss, Jan 14»
The Federalist Papers, No. 18: Alexander Hamilton & James Madison
The Achaean league, as it is called, was another society of Grecian republics, which supplies us with valuable instruction. The Union here was ... «The Moral Liberal, Oct 13»
Ancient Coins: Rare Macedonian Tetradrachm tells a story from the …
One year later, they destroyed Corinth, because the Achaean League wasn't willing to partially dissolute. In the same year Carthage fell, ... «CoinWeek, Jul 13»
History of Ancient Sparta
The Achaean League in turn, along with all of Greece, eventually fell to Rome. But, while Rome was in control of the region, the people of ... «LiveScience.com, May 13»
A Point of View: Making friends the shared currency way
... as the Achaean League, an alliance of territories and city states covering the whole of the Peloponnese that had been formed about 280BC. «BBC News, Feb 12»
