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Achæʹan League

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A confederacy of the twelve towns of Achæa. It was broken up by Alexander the Great, but was again reorganised B.C. 280, and dissolved by the Romans in 147 B.C.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Accommodation
Accord
Accost
Account
Accurate
Accusative (The)
Ace
Aceldama
Acephalites
Acestes
Achæan League
Achar
Achates
Achemon
Acheron
Acherontian Books
Acherusia
Achillea
Achilles
Achilles
Achilles (pronounce A-kil-leez)

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Achæan League