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	Wikipedia: Achaea
		Achaea or Achaia is a district on the northern coast of the Peloponnese, stretching from the mountain ranges of Erymanthus and Cyllene on the south to a narrow strip of fertile land on the north, bordering the Corinthian Gulf, into which the mountain Panachaicus (1,902 m, the northernmost mountain range in the Peloponnese) projects.
		Achaea is bounded on the west by the territory of Elis, on the east by that of Sicyon, which, however, was sometimes included in it.
		Achaea today has about one-third of its habitants living in the Patra(s) area which is the capital of Achaea and the Peloponnese, and more than half of the population live in the city (municipality).
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/a/ac/achaea.html (767 words)

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		The Tehran Province is one of the thirty provinces of Iran.
		Ilam is one of the 30 provinces of Iran.
		SistÄn and BalÅ«chestÄn is one of the 30 provinces of Iran.
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	Encyclopedia Of The Roman Empire: A
		Achaea, which had been attached to the wider territory of Macedonia, was secured after a revolt against Roman dominance; Augustus later made Achaea a senatorial province.
		Achaea benefited from the enlightened attitude of the Roman emperors, who treated pacified provinces in a better manner than their Republican predecessors.
		Those citizens living in the provinces were not eligible for this approbation and were thus required to ask the permission of the emperor, beginning the process that came to be known as the adrogatio per rescriptum principis.
	encyclopediaoftheromanempire.blogspot.com /2006/07/blog-post.html (21119 words)

	Achaea - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		ACHAEA, a district on the northern coast of the Peloponnese, stretching from the mountain ranges of Erymanthus and Cyllene on the S. to a narrow strip of fertile land on the N., bordering the Corinthian Gulf, into which the mountain Panachaicus projects.
		Achaea is bounded on the W. by the territory of Elis, on the E. by that of Sicyon, which, however, was sometimes included in it.
		In modern times the coast of Achaea is mainly given up to the currant industry; the currants are shipped from Patras, the second town of Greece, and from Aegion (Vostitza).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Achaea (300 words)

	Achaea Province - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Achaea (uh-kee-uh) was a province of the Roman Empire, consisting of the modern-day Peloponnese in southern Greece and bordered on the north by the provinces of Epirus and Macedonia.
		The region was annexed to the Roman Republic in 146 BCE after a brutal campaign, in which the city of Corinth was razed by the Roman general Lucius Mummius Achaicus, its inhabitants slaughtered or sold into slavery, and the temples looted for sculpture for Roman villas.
		Copper, lead, and iron mines were exploited in Achaea, though production was not as great as the mines of other Roman-controlled areas such Noricum, Britannia, and the provinces of Hispania.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Achaea_Province (476 words)

	Travvelic Hellas » Greece Achaea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Achaea FreeEncyclopedia bounded on the by the territory of.
		The interior Achaea is bordered by peaks of Mt. Erimanthos meters and the Aroania 2,341.
		Achaea was a of the Roman Empire consisting of the modern.
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		The rule of Achaea was in the hands of the Senate, and a proconsul of Praetorian rank acted as its governor, overseeing the administration of the region from the city of Corinth.
		, the province of Achaea was combined with Macedonia as part of an imperial province under the governor of Moesia, along the Danube.
		Achaea remained a province until the fall of the Roman Empire.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME0007 (403 words)

	Roman province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Provinces were generally governed by politicians of senatorial rank, usually former consuls or former praetors.
		Normally, the provinces where more trouble was expected — either from barbaric invasions or internal rebellions — were given to former consuls, men of the greatest prestige and experience.
		The remaining provinces were maintained as Senatorial provinces, in which the Senate had the right to appoint a governor.
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	Achaea prefecture - Phantis
		Achaea is bounded on the south by Elis prefecture, on the east by Corinthia.
		Another Achaea, in the south of Thessaly, called sometimes Achaea Phthiotis, has been suggested to be the cradle of the original tribe.
		Achaea today has about one-third of its peninsula's inhabitants and two-thirds of Achaia living in the Patra(s) area which is the capital of Achaea and the Peloponnese, and more than half of the population live in the city (municipality).
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Achaea_prefecture (835 words)

	149-146. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Rome determined to administer provinces by maintaining an army in the conquered territory and placing it under the command of a magistrate with imperium (a consul or praetor), who also exercised a supervisory judicial function.
		A further effect of transmarine provinces was the necessity for a standing provincial army.
		Citizen soldiers stationed in provinces were not only prohibited from returning to their farms for harvest or for winter—that had been impractical for some time—but could be kept in overseas service for up to six consecutive years, with serious economic and social consequences.
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	achaeans - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		See Achaea (MUD) for the MUD created by Iron Realms Entertainment.
		More specifically, Achaea in Homer is the province of Agamemnon, chief commander of the Greek forces, the northern part of the Peloponnese peninsula, roughly corresponding to the modern prefectures of Achaea and Corinth.
		The Homeric Achaeans would have been a part of the Mycenaean civilization that dominated Greece from ca.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/achaeans (218 words)

	Achaea 2
		The word "Achaea" was derived from Achaioi, which was used in the Iliad to mean "Greeks," especially the followers of Achilles and Agamemnon.
		Historical Achaea was a small territory on the northern coast of the Peloponnese.
		It remained a province until the fall of Rome, except for a very short period when it was freed by the emperor Nero in AD 67; it was reclaimed a few years later by his successor, Vespasian.
	members.tripod.com /thorbloodaxe/achaea2.htm (776 words)

	Achaea: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		ACHAEA ke, region of ancient Greece, in the northern part...of Corinth.
		HELICE he lise or Helike h leke, ancient city of Achaea, N Peloponnesus, near the mouth of the Selinous River, 20...sanctuary of Poseidon, Helice was a seat of the First Achaean League.
		65?, Roman proconsul in Achaea; brother of the philosopher Seneca.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/achaea.jsp?l=A&p=1 (767 words)

	Achaea - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Achaea
		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
		Hesiod says that she was seduced by Hippostratus the son of Amarynces and that her father Hipponous sent her from Olenus in Achaea to Oeneus because he was far away from Hellas, bidding him kill her.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Achaea (213 words)

	Roman provinces
		The first Roman province, Sicily, was conquered after the First Punic War (241 BCE), and the Senate decided that it had to be ruled by a praetor.
		The first provinces were ill-defined, and it was only during the late republic that provinces started to have clearly defined borders.
		In several provinces, prefects were appointed from the equestrian order (the 'second class' of the Roman elite, after the senators) were appointed.
	www.livius.org /gi-gr/governor/provinces.html (372 words)

	Wikinfo \| Roman and Byzantine Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Greece was a typical eastern province of the Roman Empire.
		During the reign of Diocletian in the late 3rd century, Moesia was organized as a diocese, and was ruled by Galerius.
		The Venetians controlled the Duchy of the Archipelago in the Aegean, and the Despotate of Epirus was established as a Byzantine successor state.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Roman_and_Byzantine_Greece (1919 words)

	Achaea
		Achaea was originally settled by the Greek descendants of Russian stock.
		Achaea today has about one-third of its inhabitants living in the Patra(s) area which is the capital of Achaea and the Peloponnese, and more than half of the population live in the city (municipality).
		Aigion is a seaside city with a city hall and a city square is in its heart.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/a/ac/achaea.html (752 words)

	Achaea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For the province of the Roman Empire see: Achaea Province, Roman Empire.
		The Principality of Achaea fell to the Ottoman Empire.
		Achaea is the most populous Area in the Peloponnese peninsula, home to nearly one-third of the Inhabitants of the peninsula.
	achaea.iqnaut.net (868 words)

	Achaea Province
		Achaea was a province of the Roman Empire, consisting of the modern-day Peloponnese in southern Greece and bordered on the north by the provinces of Epirus and Macedonia.
		The region was annexed to the Roman Republic in 146 BC after a brutal campaign, in which the city of Corinth was razed by the Roman general Lucius Mummius, its inhabitants slaughtered or sold into slavery, and the temples looted for sculpture for Roman villas.
		After the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra, about 22 BC, the Emperor Augustus separated Macedonia from Achaea.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Achaea_Province (481 words)

	Roman province - Avoo - Ask Us A Question - In Ancient Rome, a province (Latin, provincia, pl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A later exception was the province of Egypt, incorporated by Augustus after the death of Cleopatra: it was ruled by a governor of equestrian rank only, perhaps as a discouragement to senatorial ambition.
		In 14, for instance, the province of Lusitania had no permanent legion but Germania Inferior, where the Rhine frontier was still not pacified, had a garrison of four legions.
		Narbonensis II In the fifth century, Viennensis was replaced by a diocese of Septem Provinciae ('7 Provinces') with similar boundaries.
	www.setauketnyus.com /profile/Roman_province (1991 words)

	Gatorsports.com :: 100 years of Gator Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In Ancient Rome, a province (Latin, provincia, pl. provinciae) was the basic, and until the Tetrarchy (circa 296), largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of the Italian peninsula (long without full citizenship).
		Emperor Diocletian introduced a radical reform known as the Tetrarchy (284-305), with a western and an eastern Augustus or senior emperor, each seconded by a junior emperor (and designated successor) styled Caesar, and each of these four defending and administering a quarter of the empire.
		The Prefecture of Illyricum was named after the former province of Illyricum.
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		Statistics Prefecture: Achaea Province: Province of Aigialia Location:Latitude:Longitude:38.25° N 22.08° E Area:-Total-Water-Rank151.1 km² Population: (2001) - Total - Density¹ - Rank - 27,741 -183.49/km² Communes: 14 Elevation: -lowest: -centre: -highest:sea level40 m(center), 35 m, east Postal...
		Achaea Prefecture Νομός Αχαΐας Periphery West Greece Capital Patras Population 331,316 (2005) Ranked 5th Area 3,271 km² Ranked 14th Population density 101.3/km² Ranked 9th Number of provinces 3 Number of municipalities 21 Number of co...
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		Roman province that, in the time of Philip and Alexander the Great, was the most powerful nation in the ancient world.
		Provincial boundaries extended from Achaea to Moesia and from Thrace to the Adriatic and Illyricum.
		To this was added the prime location of the province on the trade route between East and West, with the Via Egnatia as its lifeline.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME0965 (714 words)

	Achaea - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Achaea, region of ancient Greece, in the northern part of the Peloponnesus on the Gulf of Corinth.
		There the Achaeans supposedly remained when driven from other parts of Greece by the Dorian invasion.
		After the downfall of the league, the name Achaea, or Achaia, was given to a Roman province in the Peloponnesus.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-achaea.html (206 words)

	ACHAEA - Article en ligne de l'information environ ACHAEA
		ACHAEA - Article en ligne de l'information environ ACHAEA
		Achaea est lié sur le W. par le territoire d'See also:
		PROVINCE (provincia de Lat.; peut-être une contraction de providentia)
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /fr/A10_ADA/ACHAEA.html (489 words)

	Alpes Cottiae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Alpes Cottiae was a province of the Roman Empire, one of three small provinces straddling the Alps between modern France and Italy.
		The province was named after Cottius, ruler of the local Ligurian tribes of the area in the early first century B.C., whose realm was integrated into the Roman realm under Augustus.
		The governors of the province were prefects from the Equestrian order.
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	Alphabetic Index A-C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A province in the northern Peloponessus, in Greece.
		A province of the Caliphs in northeastern Turkey and parts of Armenia and Azerbaujan.
		Aegean) Sea" - the Ottoman province in the Aegean.
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	Achaea - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		- in ancient Greece, province in the northern Peloponnesus
		Pátrai, city and port, central Greece, capital of Achaea Department, on the Gulf of Pátrai.
		Aegium, ancient town of Achaea, Greece, on the southern shore of the Gulf of Corinth.
	encarta.msn.com /Achaea.html (85 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 04.06.14
		If there is a problem with the central thesis, it is that A. has confined herself to the single Roman province of Achaea.
		It is all very well distinguishing between "Achaia" the Roman province and "Achaea" the area of the northern Peloponnese (though A. [p.
		16], that Achaea and Macedonia were joined to Moesia in AD 15, or simply that for a period the same legate held all three commands?).
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