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7 unusual facts about Achaea


Blastobasis achaea

The specific epithet is derived from the Roman province of Achaea, which included the whole of Greece, except Thessaly.

Mataragka

Mataragka, Achaea, a village in the municipal unit Larissos, Achaea

Monodendri

Monodendri, Achaea, part of the municipal unit of Vrachnaiika, Achaea, Greece

Paralia Platanos

Paralia Platanou (i.e. "Platanos Beach", Παραλία Πλατάνου in Greek), lies on the seashore exactly below Platanos village, yet with time the plain name 'Platanos' (without the geographical term 'Paralia') has been attributed more to the village on the beach rather than to the original village above which is for a long time now commonly referred to as 'Pano' or 'Ano' (for Upper) Platanos.

Platani

Platani, Achaea, a village in the municipal unit of Rio, Achaea, Greece

Rizomylos

Rizomylos, Achaea, a village in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea

Tsoukalaiika

Tsoukalaiika, Achaea, a village in the municipal unit Vrachnaiika, Achaea


1401

Andronikos Asen Zaccaria, Baron of Chalandritsa and Arcadia, Grand Constable of Achaea

Achaean Doric Greek

The Doric Greek dialect spoken in Achaea in the NW Peloponnese, on the islands of Cephallenia and Zacynthus in the Ionian Sea and in the Achaean colonies of Magna Graecia in Southern Italy (including Sybaris and Crotone).

Acratus

He was sent by Nero in 64 AD to Asia and Achaea to plunder the temples and take away the statues of the gods.

Against the Tide of Years

A sneak attack on Nantucket itself by the nation of Tartessos, led by an ally of Walker, unites the factions of the Republic behind an all-out effort to topple Walker's growing empire, centered in Achaea (Greece), in a two-pronged campaign, attacking Tartessos and opening a second front in the Middle East (through an alliance with Babylon, Hittite Empire and Mitanni).

Democratic elements of Roman Republic

Antony received all the richer provinces in the east, namely Achaea, Macedonia and Epirus (roughly modern Greece), Bithynia, Pontus and Asia (roughly modern Turkey), Syria, Cyprus and Cyrenaica and he was very close to Ptolemaic Egypt, then the richest state of all.

Diogeneia

Daughter of Phorbas from Olenus in Achaea, wife of Alector and mother of Amarynceus

House of Villehardouin

William II of Villehardouin, the last Villehardouin prince of Achaea, son of Geoffrey I Villehardouin

Geoffrey II of Villehardouin, prince of Achaea, first son of Geoffrey I Villehardouin

Kardaritsi

It is 5 km northwest of Kontovazaina, 6 km southeast of Lampeia (Elis), 9 km southwest of Psofida (Achaea) and 50 km south of Patras.

Krinos, Achaea

Krinos (Greek: Κρίνος) is a village in the municipal unit of Movri, Achaea, Greece.

Larissos

It is the westernmost municipal unit of Achaea, stretching along the Ionian Sea coast and the border with Elis to the southern part of the Movri hills.

Martino Zaccaria

He founded the family's Moreote line, which eventually ascended to the princely title of Achaea under Maria II Zaccaria and Centurione II Zaccaria.

Pellene

:This article is about the city in Achaea, which should not be confused with Pellene in Lacedaemon or Pallene.

Santameri

Mount Skollis, a mountain in Achaea formerly known as Santameri


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