Achaean Federation

The Achaean Federation was a governmental unit of ancient Greece that flourished from 281 to 246 BC, ending effectively with the sack of Corinth. This alliance can be considered a late phase or culmination of the Achaean League which was a looser alliance of the founding city-states extending back to the 5th century BC.

An inscription from ancient Orchomenus dating to 234-224 BC states that members of the Achaean Federation must invoke Zeus and Athena.

Besides many city-states on the Mainland joining the Achaean Federation, certain Mediterranean island city-states also became part of the federation. For example, Kydonia on Crete became a part of the Achaean Federation in 219 BC.

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• Mogens Herman Hansen and Thomas Heine Nielsen, An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis, Københavns universitet Polis centret, Danish National Research Foundation, 2004, Oxford University Press, 1396 pages ISBN:0198140991
• C. Michael Hogan, Cydonia, The Modern Antiquarian, Jan. 23, 2008
• Arthur Pierre Poley, The Federal Systems of the United States and the British Empire, 1913, Pitman, 453 pages