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The Achaean League was a union of city states in the northern Peloponnese in the third century BC. Matters of state were handled by a centralized government, while domestic matters were left in the hands of each individual city.

After the defeat of Macedon, Romams visited the league in 167 BC and abducted 300 hostages, among whom was the historian Polybius (200-118 BC). Anti-roman feeling grew and Roman envoys were ill-treated. As retaliation, Rome marched against the league, defeated it, and Greece became a province of the Roman Empire.

Written by Jan van der Crabben.

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