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  1. Achaea
    nomós (department) and historic region of Greece on the north coast of the Peloponnese, south of the Gulf of Corinth. In ancient times it was bounded ... [4 related articles]
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  2. Achaea
    [disambiguation] Achaea can refer to: ==History== ==Other== ...
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  3. Achaea
    [Roman province] Achaea, or Achaia, was a province of the Roman Empire, consisting of the Peloponnese, eastern Central Greece and parts of Thessaly. It bordered on the north by the provinces of Epirus vetus and Macedonia. The region was annexed to the Roman Republic in 146 BC following the s...
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  4. Achaea
    Achaea (Αχαΐα Achaïa, axaˈia; Ἀχαία in polytonic orthography) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital is Patras. The population exceeds 300,000 since 2001. ==Geogr...
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  5. Achaea
    Achaea (ukē'u) , region of ancient Greece, in the northern part of the Peloponnesus on the Gulf of Corinth. It lay between Sicyon and Elis. There the Achaeans supposedly remained when driven from other parts of Greece by the Dorian invasion. The small Achaean cities eventually banded toget...
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  6. Achaea
    In ancient Greece, an area of the northern Peloponnese. The Achaeans were the predominant society during the Mycenaean period and are said by Homer to have taken part in the siege of Troy. The larger Roman province of Achaea was created after the defeat of the Achaean League in 146 BC; it included a...
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  7. Achaea
    [moth] Achaea is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. ...
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  8. Achaea
    [ancient region] Geographically, Achaea (ə, anc) was (and is) the northernmost region of the Peloponnese, occupying the coastal strip north of Arcadia. Its approximate boundaries were to the south the mountain range of Erymanthus, to the south-east the range of Cyllene, to the east Sicyon, ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaea_(ancient_region)

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