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ACHAEA
, a See also:district on the See also:northern See also:coast of the Peloponnese, stretching from the See also:mountain ranges of Erymanthus and See also:Cyllene on the S. to a narrow See also:strip of fertile See also:land on the N., bordering the Corinthian Gulf, into which the mountain Panachaicus projects
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Achaea is bounded on the W. by the territory of See also:Elis, on the E. by that of See also:Sicyon, which, however, was sometimes included in it
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The origin of the name has given rise to much See also:speculation; the current theory is that the See also:Achaeans (q.v.) were driven back into this region by the Dorian invaders of the Peloponnese, Another Achaea, in the See also:south of See also:Thessaly, called sometimes Achaea Phthiotis, has been supposed to be the See also:cradle of the See also:race
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In See also:Roman times the name of the See also:province of Achaea was given to the whole of See also:Greece, except Thessaly, See also:Epirus, and See also:Acarnania
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See also:Herodotus (i
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145) mentions the twelve cities of Achaea ; these mot as a religious confederacy in the
oxy-
See also:acetylene See also:blowpipe
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See also:temple of See also:Poseidon Heliconius at Helice; for their later See also:history see ACHAEAN See also:LEAGUE
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During the See also:middle ages, after the Latin See also:conquest of the Eastern See also:Empire, Achaea was a Latin principality, the first See also:prince being See also:
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