. 1, when Ara-av and fish tus united to it his nativetown, Sicyon. The example of Sicyon wasfollowed by Corinth and many other towns inGreece, and the League soon became the chiefpolitical power in Greece. It was undoubtedlya misfortune that Aratus rejected a union withSparta and sought the aid of Macedon (seefurther under Aratus, Cleomenes, Phieo-poemen.] In the following century the Achaeideclared war against the Romans, who de-stroyed the League, and thus put an end tothe independence of Greece. Corinth, then thechief town of the
. 1, when Ara-av and fish tus united to it his nativetown, Sicyon. The example of Sicyon wasfollowed by Corinth and many other towns inGreece, and the League soon became the chiefpolitical power in Greece. It was undoubtedlya misfortune that Aratus rejected a union withSparta and sought the aid of Macedon (seefurther under Aratus, Cleomenes, Phieo-poemen.] In the following century the Achaeideclared war against the Romans, who de-stroyed the League, and thus put an end tothe independence of Greece. Corinth, then thechief town of the League, was taken by theRoman general Mummius, in 146. Thedifferent states composing the Achaean Leaguehad equal rights. The assemblies of the Leaguewere held twice a year, in the sj>ring andautumn, in a grove of Zeus Homagyrius nearAegium. At these assemblies all the businessof the League was conducted, and at thespring meeting the public functionaries werechosen. These were :—1. a Strategus ((TTpaTrt-*v6s) or General, and an Hipparchus (iWapx°s). Coin of AchaiaObv., head of Zeus; rev.,of AX. in laurel crownstanding for Dyme. ACHELOUS or commander of the cavalry; 2. a Sfrorauary(ypaft/uaTevs); and 3. ten Demiurgi (Sri/j-iovpyoi,also called upxovres), who appear to have hadthe right of convening the assembly.—3. TheRoman province, including the whole of Pelo-ponnesus and the greater part of Hellas properwith the adjacent islands. It is usually statedby modern writers that the province wasformed on the conquest of the Achaeans in ; but it is more probable that the southof Greece was first made a separate provinceby Julius Caesar: since the first governor ofthe province of whom any mention is made wasServ. Sulpicius, and he was appointed to thisoffice by Caesar (Cic. ad Fam. vi. 6, § 10). Inthe division of the provinces made by Augus-tus, the whole of Greece was divided into theprovinces of Achaia, Macedonia, and was one of the provinces assigne
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